Arbroath Smokie, Leek and Cheddar Tart

Name: Arbroath Smokie, Leek and Cheddar Tart
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100 g good strong Cheddar, finely grated; 3 tbsp freshly chopped chives; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 375 g all-butter puff pastry; 2 large or 3 medium leeks, chopped; knob of butter; 3 eggs and 3 yolks; 3 eggs and 3 yolks; 200 ml milk; 1 pair Arbroath smokies; 2 bay leaves; 200 ml double cream

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Café Cooking

By Gillian Veal

Published 2024

About

You can use a couple of smoked haddock fillets (undyed, not the bright yellow variety) instead of Arbroath smokies, but it won’t be quite as special. If you can get smokies you should definitely search them out.

Ingredients

375 g all-butter puff pastry
1 pair Arbroath smokies
200 ml

Europe
United Kingdom
Fish course
Pescatarian
Pie
London

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan).

Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface so it’s large enough to fit the tart tin with an overlap of about 2cm over the edges. Gently ease the pastry into the tart tin, then line with a sheet of greaseproof pape