Green & tasty...grilled leek tarte with camembert

Since all students have holidays in February (at least in Austria, sorry for all those who don’t) my boyfriend and I spend a few days with his parents. But since I have Rope Skipping and mother & child sports classes twice a week I returned earlier.

To cut a long story short….I was on my own which means cooking for only one person.

If you need only one portion per meal it’s quite hard to estimate the correct amount of ingredients…not speaking of these huge family-size packs you get at the grocery shop.

That’s why it could be easier to cook more but choose dishes which can be easily frozen and heated up again.

 And…here’s one of them: A grilled leek tarte with camembert.

Great about this healthy tarte is that you could eat it hot, warm and even if it’s cold it tastes delicious. Cut in triangles it fits perfectly for a brunch or as an appetizer.

The icing on the cake? Health benefits!! Grilled leek is full of vitamin C and K, as well as folic acid, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Moreover it contains allicin, which is a sulphur compound with several health benefits. For example it may reduce atherosclerosis, decreases blood pressure and has anti-thrombotic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidative effects.

But enough of all this theoretical stuff. Let’s cook!

First prepare the dough. I chose to make pizza dough. You can find the recipe in one of my older posts by clicking the link.

When your dough is ready you can continue to prepare the toppings.

Remove the outer leaves of your leek as well as the hairy part and about one half inch at the very end. Cut it in thin slices and rinse it quickly. Drain it and set it aside.

Heat up a pan and pour about one tablespoon of olive oil in. Add the leek and stir fry until it’s a little brown. Turn off the heat and season with salt, black pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.

Next slice up about 1 cup of camembert and set it aside.

Roll out the pizza dough (about the thickness of a finger or less) and spread a thin layer of olive oil on it.

Then sprinkle the grilled leek on and top it with the cheese.

Pop it in the oven and bake your tarte until the cheese is melted and the dough is golden brown. This will take about 20 minutes at 180°C. Then heat up to 200°C and bake it for 10 more minutes.

Remove it from the oven, add a little more black pepper on top and let it chill for a couple of minutes. Afterwards cut it in squares or triangles and they’re ready to eat.

If you wann freeze a little bit…let it cool completely, wrap every portion in aluminium foil and place them in a freezer bag. Now you can easily prepare one portion at a time without defrosting all the other pieces.

For heating up the tarte again I recommend popping it in the oven. 180°C and it will be ready in about 15 to 20 minutes.

Last but not least the ingredients:

Let me see pics of your tarte and tell me if you want me to do a special recipe or themed post next time.

Enjoy

xo

Andrea