Chicken, Caramelised Leek And Cheddar Tart

This delicious chicken, leek and cheddar tart is perfect for sharing.

The ingredient of Chicken Caramelised Leek And Cheddar Tart

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 leeks trimmed halved thinly sliced
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 2 small cooked lilydale free range chicken breasts thickly sliced
• 4 eggs
• 1 3 cup pure cream
• 1 2 cup grated cheddar
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh flat leaf parsley plus extra to serve
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme plus extra to serve
• salad to serve
• 2 cups plain flour
• 175g cold butter chopped
• 1 2 cup grated cheddar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp iced water

The Instruction of chicken caramelised leek and cheddar tart

• grease a 3cm deep 20cm round base loose based fluted flan tin
• make cheddar pastry using a food processor process flour butter and cheddar until fine crumbs form add egg yolks and water process until dough just starts to come together adding a little extra water if needed shape dough into a disc roll out between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick line base and side of prepared tin with pastry trim edge place on a baking tray cover with plastic wrap refrigerate for 30 minutes
• preheat oven to 200c 180c fan forced line pastry case with baking paper fill with pie weights or uncooked rice blind bake for 15 minutes remove weights or rice and baking paper bake for a further 10 minutes or until pastry just starts to turn golden cool completely
• meanwhile heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat cook leek stirring occasionally for 15 minutes or until softened add sugar cook stirring for 5 minutes or until caramelised set aside to cool
• reduce oven temperature to 180u00b0c 160u00b0c fan forced arrange chicken and leek in pastry case whisk eggs cream cheddar parsley and thyme in a jug season well with salt and pepper pour over chicken mixture bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until tart is just set stand for 10 minutes
• transfer to a serving plate sprinkle with extra parsley and thyme serve with salad

Nutritions of Chicken Caramelised Leek And Cheddar Tart

fatContent: 646 734 calories
saturatedFatContent: 45 5 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 23 2 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 30 7 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 27 8 grams protein
sodiumContent: 278 milligrams cholesterol

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