Asparagus, Smoked Bacon and Gruyère Tart

Name: Asparagus, Smoked Bacon and Gruyère Tart
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 x 22 cm Savoury Pastry case, baked; 200 g smoked bacon, cut into 1cm pieces; 85 g Gruyère cheese, grated; 6 asparagus spears, chopped into 3cm lengths; 1 small leek, chopped; 25 g butter; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 eggs and 1 egg yolk; 3 eggs and 1 egg yolk; 100 ml double cream; 150 ml milk

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

Scottish asparagus is excellent, grown in Perthshire and along the coast in Angus, so for its brief season we eat as much of it as possible. This recipe is an old favourite, and one that I’m inclined to make when there is asparagus in abundance.

Ingredients

25 g butter
1 small leek, chopped
200 g smoked baco

United Kingdom
Perthshire
Scottish
Pie
Scotland

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/gas mark 2.
Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat, then add the chopped leek and sauté until soft but not coloured. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving as much of the melted b