Leek and goat’s cheese quiche

Ingredients

• 1
  
  ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
  
• 500
  
  grams / 1 lb leeks, sliced very thinly
  
• 25
  
  grams / 2 tbsp butter
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons tarragon leaves, chopped
  
• 300
  
  milliliters / 1¼ cup milk
  
• 
  
  Freshly grated nutmeg
  
• 4
  
  eggs
  
• 200
  
  grams / 7 oz. / 1 cup log goat’s cheese, half chopped, the rest sliced
  
• 
  
  Salt & pepper
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon roughly chopped almond or hazelnuts (optional)
  

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F.
2. Line your tin with baking parchment. Unroll the pastry and fit it into the tin.
3. Line with more baking parchment, fill with baking beans and blind bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and bake 5 minutes more to dry the base.
4. Meanwhile, in a large non-stick frying pan, fry the leeks and tarragon in the butter until they have rendered their liquid and it has evaporated. Set aside to cool a little.
5. In a large bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, nutmeg, salt & pepper. Whisk until well mixed, then stir in the chopped cheese.
6. Carefully tip the leek mixture into the pastry, arrange the sliced cheese on top and scatter over the nuts, if using.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden and the filling is set.
8. Serve warm, cold or at room temperature, at home or at the park.
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