I’m just not brave enough to sneak one leek out of the rubber band and show up at the cash register looking all innocent, so I tend to be constantly awash in leeks. Which also works out great for this recipe!
Here’s how super easy it is: pick up a box of frozen puff pastry (usually in the dessert section of your supermarket), thaw out one sheet, and roll it with your rolling pin until you have a nice thin rectangle, about 12 by 10 inches. Now cut that rectangle in half lengthwise so you have two thin rectangles about 5 by 12. (I apologize for the math. Shudder.) Take a paring knife and lightly cut around the edge of each one so you have about a 1/2 inch border. Don’t cut all the way through the dough – just enough so you have a thin line running around the edge. That way your tart will puff up around the edges. Now pop your dough onto a cookie sheet that is lined with parchment paper or a Silpat while you make the filling.
And oh, that filling! Slice up your leek nice and thin and saute it in some butter until it is soft and wonderful. Now heat up about 1/2 cup of honey in the microwave for about 15 seconds, just until it is nice and liquid. Grab your blue cheese, crumble it up, and you are ready to roll.
Pour the honey over the top of your dough and spread it around until it reaches the inner edge of the border. Now scatter the leeks and the blue cheese over the top. If you have some pan drippings from the leeks, drizzle that on as well. Grind on some black pepper, and then pop them in the oven until they are nice and golden, about 15 minutes. Let them cool for about 15 minutes, and then slice them into triangles, making them as fat or as skinny as you want. Toss some fresh thyme on top, and voila!
Now, this tart makes a lovely appetizer or a first course, but we had it for supper with a nice glass of red wine one evening, and life was pretty much perfect. And all because of some leftover blue cheese. Which proves once again that leftovers can be your best friend!
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To make life easy and have leeks on hand any time…Trader Joe has frozen sliced leeks bagged that you can use as much as you want and reseal and return to the freezer. No extras…no cleaning.
That Trader Joes – between leeks and cookie butter I might have to move in there.
Thanks for the tip!
I think honey is the perfect accompaniment to cheese, especially sharp ones. Very nice tart!
Me too, and thanks!
I always seem to have a medley of cheese in my fridge just waiting to be used up…blue cheese included! LOVING the sound of this tart. Blue cheese and honey were meant to be.
Weren’t they just? Glad you like the sound of this happy pair.
Another thing, well things, I’m allergic to! Ack. But I still love those veined cheese,. and I’ll find a substitute for honey. Seeing the thyme on top reminded me that both of those go great with things like pears and peaches, as does thyme, and I bet even leeks. So you could eat this with those fruits, or add them, too, for a real meal-size treat.
You definitely could! I’m all for substitution and experimentation – sometimes it turns out even better!