Savory Mushroom and Leek Tart

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 1 | Cook: 45min
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A savory tart with mushrooms and leeks is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the tart category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 150 g flour
  • 100 g butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 stalks leek
  • 400 g mixed mushrooms (e.g., oyster, porcini, chestnut)
  • 200 g Sour Cream
  • 150 ml whipping cream
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 50 g grated cheese (e.g., mountain cheese)
  • 2 Eggs
  • Salt
  • pepper (ground)
  • nutmeg
  • thyme sprig (for garnish)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Knead flour, butter, egg and salt into a shortcrust dough, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

  3. 3.

    Roll out the dough between cling film to about 3 cm thickness and place in a tart pan. Raise a rim of about 3 cm. Blind bake for about 15 minutes.

  4. 4.

    For the filling wash, trim and slice the leeks into rings. Clean and cut the mushrooms into pieces. Sauté together in hot butter for 2-3 minutes, then remove from heat. Spread on the pastry base (without any liquid that may have formed). Whisk the sour cream with the whipping cream, thyme, cheese and eggs; season heavily with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Pour over the leek-mushroom mixture and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until set.

  5. 5.

    Serve hot or warm, garnished with thyme sprigs.