French

Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)

Name: Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 9-inch puff pastry sheet, thawed; 4 leeks, white and light green parts, sliced; 2 tbsp butter; 1/2 cup creme fraiche; 3/4 cup Gruyere cheese, grated; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Julien B. @julien_b

Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

35 min Medium Low sodium Low carb Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 9-inch puff pastry sheet, thawed
4 leeks, white and light green parts, sliced
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup creme fraiche
3/4 cup Gruyere cheese, grated
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Preheat the oven to 400 F and press the puff pastry into a tart pan, pricking the base all over with a fork.
Melt the butter in a covered saucepan and cook the sliced leeks over low heat, stirring occasionally, until very soft but not browned, about 15 minutes.
Stir the creme fraiche, nutmeg, salt, and pepper into the leeks and remove from the heat.
Spread the leek mixture over the pastry, leaving a small border, and scatter the Gruyere on top.
Bake for 25 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and golden and the cheese is bubbling.
Let the tart cool for 5 minutes before slicing; made with no egg custard, it is a genuinely vegetarian everyday tart.

Watch how to cook Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Gluten	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 360 kcal
Protein: 8 g
Carbs: 20 g
Fat: 28 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 310 mg
Saturated fat: 17 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.