Quiche aux poireaux

Appetizer


Preparation: 25 mn
Cooking: 30 mn


250 cal. for 100g. (3.5 oz.)

Quiche aux poireaux (leeks quiche) is an easy and quick appetizer to do when you hold a party.

Ingredients (for 8 to 8 persons)

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 4 leeks
• half a pound of white mushroom
• 1 big spanish onion
• 3 eggs
• Cayenne pepper, salt
• half a liter of heavy cream
• one large crust
• 250 g of Swiss cheese (gruyere or emmental)
• one stick of butter

Preparation

• Cut to root of the leeks and the dried top part, wash them
• Slice the leek in cylinder about half an inch long starting by the white of the leek
• Slice the cylinders in half on the lenght
• Peel the onion and Slice it in half
• Cut each half of the onion in thin slices 
• Remove the feet of the mushrooms and peel them
• Put the olive oil in a frying pan on medium
• Add the leeks and stir until the start to sweat
• Add the onion and mushrooms
• Keep stirring, pay attention to not burn the leeks
• While the vegetable are cooking, butter the tart pan
• Spread the crust in the cooking plate and poke it with a fork. The holes will allow the crust to breath while the cooking
• In a large bowl, break the 3 eggs and batter them until obtaining an homogeneous apparel
• Add the heavy cream to the bowl and gently whip it
• Add the vegetable to the bowl, a pinch of Cayenne pepper, a pinch of salt and mix gently
• Add the apparel to the tart pan
• Spread the cheese on the top ensuring to cover all the surface

Cooking
Cook in the over at 375 degrees for 30 mn
When ready turn the broiler on for a couple minutes until the cheese turn slightly brown (make sure that the cheese do not cook too much and become too hard)> 

Cooking: 30 mn