Leek and Bacon Flan

Name: Leek and Bacon Flan
Yield: Serves Four
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz plain flour; 90 g/3½ oz butter; good pinch of salt; 2 tablespoons icy water; 1 egg yolk; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 whole egg and 1 yolk; 25 g/1 oz strong Cheddar cheese, grated; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 50 g/2 oz rindless bacon, finely chopped; squeeze of lemon juice; 15 g/½ oz butter; 4 tablespoons single cream; 1 whole egg and 1 yolk; 1 large or 2 small leeks, well washed; 4 tablespoons creamy milk

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

For the Pastry

175 g/6 oz plain flour
good pinch of salt

Pie
Starter

Method

To make the pastry, sift the flour with the salt. Rub in the butter until the mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs. Mix the egg yolk with a little of the icy water and the lemon juice and stir it into the flour with a knife. Using first the knife and finally a lightly floured hand, mix to a firm dough. (It may be necessary to add the rest of the water but don’t do this immediately as the pastr