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Leek and blue cheese quiche

For a milder-flavoured quiche, replace the blue cheese with Lancashire or Cheddar

For a milder-flavoured quiche, replace the blue cheese with Lancashire or Cheddar

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: 60p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 168g serving contains

Energy
1830kj
437kcal
22%
Fat
33g
High
46%
Saturates
17g
Med
86%
Sugars
2.4g
Low
3%
Salt
1.3g
Med
22%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1089kj/260kcal

Ingredients

A little flour for rolling out

350g ready-made shortcrust pastry

2 medium leeks, trimmed, halved lengthways and thinly sliced

25g butter

3 large free-range eggs

225ml single cream

100g Roquefort (or other blue cheese), crumbled

Method

1
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 30cm circle. Carefully line a 23cm flan tin with the pastry. Prick the base with a fork, and, if possible, chill for 30 minutes. Lay a sheet of baking paper in the flan tin and weigh it down with baking beans.
2
Pre-heat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Bake the flan case for 10 minutes, then remove the paper and return for another 5 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
3
In a frying pan, cook the leeks in the butter until soft and tender. Season and spread in the flan case. Lightly beat the eggs and cream together and pour into the flan case, then scatter the cheese on top.
4
Bake for 25 minutes or until the filling is just set. Serve warm or cold.