Leek Quiche

Leek Quiche

I love using Gordon Ramsey's recipes, this time I am doing Leek Quiche using his recipe.

Ingredients :
20 gm unsalted butter,
300 gm leek, sliced white part only
thyme
sea salt & freshly ground pepper
3 large eggs
2 egg yolks
200 ml double cream
200 ml milk
4 tbsp grated parmesan
150 gm reblochon cheese, rind removed (or chaource cheese)
1 portion pate brisée (http://zhelazycook.blogspot.com/2011/01/pate-brisee-short-crust-pastry.html)

I de-frost 1 portion of my pate brisée , and line my 11 inch tart pan, with a fork make a lot of holes on the pate brisée and place them in the fridge.
In a hot pan, place the butter, leek, thyme, seasoning for about 5 minutes, then remove and let it cool.
Whisk egg, egg yolk, cream, milk, parmesan and seasoning.
Spread the leek onto the short crust pastry, then tear the reblochon cheese on top of  the leek, place in the oven and pour the egg mix into the quiche.  If you place the egg mix and then place in the oven, you might spill the egg mix, so I always place the quiche into the oven then pour the egg mix.
Gordon's recipe requires to cook the short crust pastry at 200°C before placing the filing.  Lazy cook don't like to cook the short crust pastry before placing the filing because the pastry has their moods and too much work.  Normally, I place the quiche into raw short crust pastry and cook for 200°C for between 5 - 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 170°C and cook for a further 25 - 40 minutes.

Leek Quiche

Other variations with their cheese that I make are :
Brocolli & Brie cheese
Mushroom & Roquefort cheese
Spinach & Emmental cheese