Spinach Tart

Ingredients

• 200 g Flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 100 g butter
• 1 egg
• 400 g young leaf spinach
• 1 stalk leek
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 400 g cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• 250 ml whipping cream (at least 30% fat)
• 100 g freshly grated Parmesan
• Salt
• pepper (ground)
• nutmeg
• butter (for the pan)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C fan-forced. Sift flour onto a work surface, mix in salt and make a well in the center. Cut cold butter into small pieces, spread around the well, add the egg, pour in 2–3 tbsp lukewarm water, then cut everything together with a knife until fine crumbs form. Quickly knead by hand into dough, shape into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for about 30 minutes.

2. 2.

   Wash, trim and roughly chop the spinach. Wash, trim and dice the leek. Peel and finely mince the garlic cloves. Whisk cream cheese with the eggs, cream and half of the Parmesan until smooth. Fold in the spinach, garlic and leek, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

3. 3.

   Roll out the dough between two sheets of cling film and line a buttered tart tin with it, lifting up a rim. Spread the filling over the dough and smooth the surface. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes until golden brown. Remove, let cool briefly, carefully lift from the tin and serve cut into pieces.