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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal606
  • fat46g
  • saturates24g
  • carbs32g
  • sugars4g
  • fibre4g
  • protein18g
  • salt1.82g

Method

  • step 1

    Wash the leeks in a colander but don’t worry about drying them as you want a bit of water clinging on. Heat the butter in a wide saucepan until sizzling, then add the wet leeks and thyme leaves plus salt and pepper. Sweat the leeks really gently for 20-25 mins until they have practically melted but not coloured, adding a little more butter if needed. Set aside and allow to cool.

  • step 2

    Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Roll the pastry out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut out 4 saucer-size circles and place on a baking sheet. Spread the leeks over the circles leaving a slight border around the edge. Put a slice of goat’s cheese in the middle of each tart and top with a thyme sprig. Pinch the pastry edge together to slightly encase the leeks, then bake the tarts for 25 mins until puffed up and golden. Serve hot and drizzled with flavoured oil if you have it.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010

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A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.28 ratings

veggieceri

Just made this for Easter roast dinner. I had some leftover puff pastry in the freezer, a leek and some mushrooms, plus a dollop of sweet onion relish. I made 2 tartlets with some lovely goats cheese on top. Really easy and tasty.

alirich8

These are delicious and easy to make!

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scaryjane

These are fab!. I had made flaky pastry (to make bean burger puffs) so thought I'd give them a go. I honestly didn't think my husband would eat it but he loved it...and the buttered spinach I served with them! Definitely going to make again. It's the first time I have eaten goats cheese as I assumed…

Ness999

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I really enjoyed this. It's so easy to make and super quick if you can pre-prepare the leeks. I used ready rolled puff pastry rather than block and for speed made it as a tray bake rather than individual tartlets. I could only find quite skinny rolls of goats cheese with rind so cut the entire log…

pocketlucy

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I've made this a couple of times and it always turns out tasty! It's also good if you mix fried mushrooms in with the leeks, and I've also tried it with a little bit of caramelised onion chutney spread onto the pastry under the leeks :)

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