Shelly's Recipe

PHYLLO LEEK TART

Category: Quiche and Savory Tarts / Tartlettes

4 - 5 large leeks, white and light green parts only
2 tablespoons olive or canola oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
8-10 sheets of phyllo dough
1 stick melted butter
1 egg beaten, mixed with 2 tablespoons water
Sesame seeds
Butter for greasing the pan

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 10 inch round baking pan with butter.

Wash the leeks thoroughly, then chop finely and put in a small bowl. Add salt, pepper and olive oil and mix well.

Take one sheet of phyllo dough; brush with melted butter. Sprinkle evenly with chopped leek, then roll it up tightly into a tube.Coil the tube around itself and place in baking pan. Repeat the brushing with butter, sprinkling with leeks and rolling of a second phyllo sheet. Then add it to the first roll in the baking pan to form bigger coil. Repeat with the phyllo until the pan is filled.

Brush surface with the egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.