Once you have made your pumpkin lanterns, a great recipe to make a tasty dish with the leftovers.
Ingredients
- 300 g plain flour
- 150 g unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 eggs
- 3 tsp cold water
Filling
- 1 small leek, shredded and really washed well
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 115 g cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 kg raw pumpkin or squash, roasted with a little oil and salt and pepper until well coloured and cooked this will yield about 450g cooked flesh
- 1 milk
- 3 medium free-range eggs
- 2 handfuls fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to190C gas 5.
- Place the butter and flour together into a food processor and blend until you have a fine mixture.
- Add the egg and pulse together, then add the water until the pastry starts coming together, do not overwork.
- Turn out and gently knead into a ball, using a little flour, roll out to about 0.25 to ½ cm thick.
- Line a 25cm x 4cm deep flan tin and line with greaseproof paper.
- Fill with baking beans and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove the paper and beans, cook for a further 15 minutes to cook the case, and brush with beaten egg.
- Heat the olive oil, then add the well drained leeks and cook for 3-4 minutes to soften slightly.
- Place the leek into a bowl.
- Chop the cooked pumpkin or squash and add to the leeks.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and milk together, season well with salt and pepper, add the chopped parsley.
- Pour over the leeks and mix really well.
- Spoon into the cooked flan base and place onto a baking sheet.
- Carefully into the preheated oven and cook for 40-45 minutes or until just set.
- Remove from the oven and cool.
- Serve at room temperature with a nice green salad.
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Nutrition Facts
Halloween Pumpkin Tart
Amount per Serving
Calories
608
% Daily Value*
Fat
36
g
55
%
Saturated Fat
19
g
119
%
Cholesterol
187
mg
62
%
Sodium
211
mg
9
%
Potassium
838
mg
24
%
Carbohydrates
56
g
19
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
10
g
11
%
Protein
18
g
36
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
