Leek & Gruyere Tart

Serves 6

Requires 1 x AGA Hard Anodised or Enamelled Steel Baking Tray

Ingredients:

• 1 rectangular piece of ready rolled puff pastry
• 25g (1oz) butter
• 450g (1lb) leeks, tinly sliced and washed
• Salt & black pepper
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 300ml (0.5 pint) double cream
• 3 eggs
• 0.5tsp nutmeg
• 115g (4oz) Gruyere cheese, grated

Method:

Line the baking tray with the puff pastry. Melt the butter in a saucepan; add the leeks, salt, pepper and garlic. Cook until soft for about 10 minutes, then cool. 

Beat the cream with the eggs, mutmeg and three-quarters of the cheese. Place the leeks in the tray and pour over the egg mixture. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. 

2,3,4 and 5 oven AGA: Cook on the floor of the Roasting Oven for about 25 minutes until golden. 

AGA Total Control: Use the floor grid. 

Can be served either warm or cold.