Sweet USA pears paired with the delicate flavor of leeks and creamy gruyere cheese combine to make this amazing vegetarian quiche. Recipe and images by USA Pears Brazil.
- Dough:
- 6 ½ tablespoons (100g) butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- About 2 cups of wheat flour
- Filling:
- The white part of 1 leek, sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 USA Pears chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup white wine
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
- Topping:
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup cream cheese
- ¾ cup (200g) gruyere cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Garnish:
- cherry tomatoes
- Dough: Mix the butter, egg and salt and slowly add the flour until a stiff dough that pulls away from hands is created. Place in a bowl and let stand covered with plastic wrap for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough on floured table and line the bottom and sides of a form of removable medium rim pie pan. Bake in moderate oven 350º (180◦C), preheated for 15 minutes.
- Filling: Saute the leeks in olive oil and add the USA Pears, salt and wine. Let soften, add the thyme and remove. Let cool.
- Topping: whisk the ingredients in a blender.
- Spread the filling over the pastry pear pie and top with cream cheese. Bake in moderate oven 350º (180◦C), for about 30 minutes or until firm and golden. Serve garnished with cherry tomatoes.
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 530
- Carbohydrates: 54g
- Protein: 15g
Made this again with less cream cheese – cut the amount in half. Added an extra egg and used an immersion blender to mix the cream cheese into the eggs. With these modifications, I give this recipe 5 stars.
This is really rich with the cream cheese and guyere cheese. Next time I will cut back on the cream cheese and add an additional egg. Other than that, this was very good. Great way to use up excess pears.