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Pate Aux Poireaux (leek Tart) Recipe


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Ingredients
  • Milk
  • 1 Onion; finely sliced
  • 2 ts Butter
  • 1 pn Savory, dried -OR-
  • 5 Potatoes; to 6 hot
  • Pastry for double crust 9" pie
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 1 pn -Chives, fresh Salt & ground pepper
  • 1/4 c Celery stalk; & leaves finely sliced
  • 1 tb Parsley;sliced, fresh

Directions
  • Step #1 Pate aux Patates This potato pie makes a warming supper dish.
  • Step #2 It was a Friday favorite in the days when the meatless rule was observed in French Catholic families, says Nicole Kretz.
  • Step #3 Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry, Mash potatoes with enough milk to make a smooth puree; add butter & 1 egg yolk.
  • Step #4 mix potatoes with onion, celery, parsley & savoury; Spice up this with salt & pepper to taste.
  • Step #5 Sprinkle top potato mixture in pie shell.
  • Step #6 Cover with top crust, trim and crimp edges to seal & cut steam vents.
  • Step #7 Brush top crust with remaining egg yolk.
  • Step #8 bake pie in a preheated 400F oven for 30 to 40 mins or until pastry is golden.
  • Step #9 SERVES: 6-8 SOURCE: _A Taste of Quebec_ by JULIAN ARMSTRONG.
  • Enjoy the PATE AUX POIREAUX (LEEK TART) recipe

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