LCBO’s Leek and Mushroom Tart

Way back in 2009, I blogged about this recipe from the LCBO magazine, Leek and Mushroom tart but I didn’t have a photo of it. It’s quite a tasty tart, particularly if you use puff pastry as the base. It’s definitely not something we eat often so I thought I’d splurge and reblog about it. It makes a lovely brunch dish.

Makes one tart 35.5 cm x 11.4 cm x 2.5 cm (14″ x 4.5″ x1″)

For the original recipe, please click here.

Ingredients:

• 375 mL Evaporated Milk or heavy cream
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 large egg
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 30 g unsalted butter
• 250 g mixed mushrooms (shiitake, porcini, cremini, oyster etc.), stems removed where necessary and thickly sliced
• 1 medium wild leek cleaned well and cut into thin slices
• 30 mL white wine
• 2.5 mL chopped fresh thyme
• One 35.5 cm x 11.4 cm x 2.5 cm tart shell, partially baked
• 2 long slices of prosciutto, or 4 small rounds, cut or torn into smaller bits

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
2. Place Evaporated Milk or heavy cream and garlic cloves in a large pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil then turn the heat down to low and simmer gently for 25 minutes or until milk is flavoured with the garlic and reduced to 250 mL and garlic is very soft. Set aside to cool. Remove garlic cloves, mash with a fork and return to cream. When cool add egg and beat until uniform. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Heat 15 g butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes or until browned. Season with salt and pepper to taste and scrape into a bowl.
4. Add the remaining 15 g of butter to pan and heat over medium heat. Add leeks and sauté for 1 minute or until they are softened. Add wine and thyme to pan and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more or until leeks are limp and the liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat.
5. Arrange mushrooms and leeks in the tart shell and pour milk over top (making sure that mushrooms and leeks peep through the cream.
6. Top with prosciutto (this will get very crispy).
7. Bake for 30 minutes or until set and lightly golden. Allow to cool 10 minutes before serving.