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How to make a quiche with potatoes, leeks, and Azorean cheese for a Portuguese twist on the classic French dish.
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Quiche with Leeks, Potatoes, and Azorean Cheese

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Author: Andrew Gavin
How to Make a Quiche with Leeks, Potatoes, and Azorean Cheese
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 store-bought pie crust, simplify your life with a store-bought pie crust
  • 1 large yellow potato , peeled and cut into half inch cubes
  • 1 leek, just the white part cut into quarter inch thick pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 cup finely shredded queijo da ilha São Miguel, manchego, aged cheddar, or similar cheese to replace
  • 10 large eggs, could use up to 12 eggs for a 10 inch pie pan
  • 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt, to taste
  • white pepper, to taste
  • olive oil

Equipment

  • 1 10 inch pie pan
  • 1 saute pan
  • 1 medium pot
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 pasta strainer

Instructions
 

  • Fill the medium pot with water and heat over high heat on the stove top. Add salt, bay leaf, and potato cubes.
  • Parboiling potato cubes with bay leaf to partially cook the potatoes for quiche or frying.
    Once boiling reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the potatoes for 10 minutes, then drain in a strainer.
  • Minced garlic and sliced leeks ready for the quiche.
    Heat a small sauté pan over medium heat on the stove top. Once warm drizzle olive oil and sauté the leeks for 5 to 7 minutes and until just soft and then add in the garlic sauté for one additional minute. Turn off the heat.
  • Shredded azorean cheese, Queijo da Ilha São Miguel, and a pie crust ready for making a quiche.
    Place the pie crust into the pie mold and press into the pie pan. Parchment paper helps, so first place parchment paper if the pie crust did not come with this.
  • Poke holes in the bottom of pie crust with a fork.
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    Whisk the eggs along with whole milk and a few pinches of salt. Pour whisked egg blend into the pie crust.
  • Add the potatoes, leeks and garlic to the egg mixture. Gently stir to incorporate and spread the ingredients.
  • Next add most of the cheese to the quiche and then gently stir to spread. Top with the remaining cheese.
  • Heat an oven to 220°C /425F and place the quiche into the oven. Cook for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 175°C and cook for 20 more minutes.
  • How to make a quiche with potatoes, leeks, and Azorean cheese for a Portuguese twist on the classic French dish.
    Remove from the oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes. Slice the quiche into 8 equal pieces, like a pizza, and serve.
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