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1. The base of the pie, of course the dough. There are a lot of recipes for how to make shortcrust pastry. In this case, I used a classic dough made from butter, flour, ice water and salt. Crib How to make shortbread dough

2. Let's start preparing the filling. Chop the white part of the leek and fry in 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Until soft, but do not overcook. Add chopped anchovies and a little of their oil to the onion. Add the tomatoes, add salt to taste and simmer over low heat until the moisture is almost completely gone.

3. Drain the oil from the tuna and place it in a frying pan with the tomatoes and onions. Add finely chopped garlic, Provençal herbs and simmer a little more.
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4. Cool the finished filling a little and mix with two eggs.
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5. Roll out the shortbread dough into a layer, place it in a mold, pierce it with a fork, line it with baking paper, cover it with beans and bake in the oven at 190–200 degrees for 10 minutes. Tool Oven thermometer How the oven actually heats up, even if you set a specific temperature, can only be understood with experience. It is better to have a small thermometer on hand that is placed in the oven or simply hung on the grill. And it is better that it shows degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit simultaneously and accurately - like a Swiss watch. A thermometer is important when you need to strictly observe the temperature regime: for example, in the case of baking.

6. Place the filling in the semi-finished crust, decorate it with olives, sprinkle with grated cheese, pour a little olive oil and bake for another 20 minutes at the same temperature.

Prepare ingredients for leek and tuna quiche.

Knead the dough. Place flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar into the bowl of a food processor. Stir. Add the oil and pulse in pulses (so that the oil does not heat up) until crumbly. If desired, the dough can also be kneaded without using equipment, by hand, the main thing is to do everything quickly, the butter should not soften during kneading!

Pour in the milk (since flour comes in different qualities, you should first pour in 1-2 tablespoons of milk so as not to overdo it with the liquid) and, turning on the processor in pulses, knead the dough. As soon as the crumbs begin to form a lump, stop stirring.

Roll out the dough and transfer it into a mold (diameter 22 cm), form low (2-3 cm) sides. Prick the quiche base with a fork and freeze in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Covering the cooled surface of the dough with paper/foil, fill the mold with split peas (beans or other weight) and bake the basket at 180 C for 15 minutes.

While the dough is cooling and baking, prepare the remaining quiche ingredients.

Cut the washed leeks into half rings (you need to use the entire white part, as well as the light green one; the remaining top of the dark leaves should not be thrown away, it can be used when cooking the broth).

Pour oil into the frying pan and add leeks. Immediately add dried herbs, ground pepper and a little sugar, and, if desired, you can lightly add salt to the onion (you need to add very little salt, since the filling will also include canned tuna, which is already quite salty).

Simmer over low heat, stirring, for 10-15 minutes until soft. Let cool.

Drain the liquid from the tuna, mash the flesh with a fork and combine with the now cooled onion.

In a separate container, combine cream and eggs. Lightly pepper the resulting mixture (salt as desired). Shake with a whisk. Grate the cheese.

Have you decided to make a French pie called quiche Lauren? This is not at all as difficult as it might seem. I offer a recipe for quiche Laurent, which is very common in France and is a French dish.

To do this you will need:

• puff pastry,
• five eggs,
• cream 20 percent,
• one can of canned tuna,
• milk,
• grated cheese,
• curry and turmeric,
• a pinch of salt

Where to start? We will start by preparing the dough in which we will bake the pie.

1. Place the dough on the table and beat it with your hands.
2. Then put the dough into the cake pan. Trim the edges of the dough with scissors. Don't forget to prick the whole dough, both sides and bottom, all over with a fork to prevent it from puffing up when baking.
3. Afterwards, open the canned tuna, place it in a deep plate and mash to obtain a homogeneous mass. Then spread it all evenly into the dough in the mold.

Now let's start preparing the filling:

• break eggs into a bowl,
• add 100 g cream 20%,
• pour in half a glass of milk and mix everything together. When everything is mixed until smooth -
• add 150 - 200 g of grated cheese and mix again until smooth.

To add flavor to the filling, you can add a little curry and turmeric, which will also add color to your French pie. If desired, you can add a pinch of salt and a little pepper.