This bacon tart is the unashamed winter version of my spring tart – the same base with some lovely, warm, winter flavours to top it with.
It’s a delicious cheesy, pastry based tart with the beautiful flavours of bacon, leek, walnuts and gorgonzola (and perfect with a glass of wine).
The tart is extremely easy to make. Although slightly more difficult to make than my spring tart, due to the frying of the bacon and leeks, it’s still desperately straightforward and if you’re someone who is a bit scared of using pastry, this is an excellent place to start.
The tart was given the accolade “scrumptious” by my husband, so must be good.
This will take you no more than 45 minutes to make, and will serve 4 with a side salad.
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Bacon, Leek and Walnut Tart – The Ingredients
- Puff pastry – you can make your own puff pastry, but ready rolled shop bought is easy and tasty. Get the pastry made with butter if you can.
- Bacon lardons – or get slices of smoked bacon and cut them into 1cm chunks yourself.
- Leek – if your leeks are smaller, make sure you use two.
- Soft cheese – cream cheese works nicely. You could also use a spreadable goats cheese.
- Egg – for brushing the pastry.
- Walnut halves – pecans would also work nicely.
- Gorgonzola – or any tasty blue cheese.
Top Tips
- Cooking the bacon
Be sure to cook until golden – you want the bacon on the tart to be crisp and tasty, so it needs to be cooked through at the start.
- Score the pastry
Scoring a border around the outside of the pastry ensures that you get an even rise around the edge.
- Get ahead
This tart is best eaten immediately, and doesn’t freeze. However, you can easily prep the toppings in advance and store in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
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Bacon, Leek and Walnut Tart
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- 375 g ready rolled puff pastry
- 200 g bacon lardons
- 1 large leek
- 200 g soft cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 handful walnut halves
- 20 g gorgonzola
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
- Fry the bacon lardons over a medium heat until golden. Finely slice the leeks and add them to the fryng pan; fry for another 3-4 minutes.
- Unroll the pastry, lay on a baking tray and score all the way around the edge, 1 inch from the sides (don’t cut all the way through). Beat the egg in a bowl and brush a little around the outside edges.
- Spread the soft cheese evenly over the inside scored rectangle of the pastry. Grind some black pepper over the top, then evenly layer on the bacon and leek mix. Sprinkle over the walnuts, and dot the gorgonzola over.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the sides are golden and puffed up.
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