Chicken and Leek Tart

Having bought a rotisserie chicken for lunch from the supermarket earlier I have plenty of leftovers so I decide to make Chicken and Leek Tart. Chicken and leek are well known flavour pairing, see chicken and leek pie and cock-a-leekie soup, but more often for a heavy winter dish rather than a light tart.
Similar to the other night, I finely slice and soften a couple of leeks together with a scattering of thyme leaves and pile it on a sheet of puff pastry with some shreds of chicken and chunks of Gorgonzola cheese, before oven baking until puffed up and browned. On this occasion I remember to prick the area of the pastry onto which I pile the ingredients to prevent it rising, so that only the scored out boundary rises, which works beautifully. Tasty.

Chicken and leek tart

 While chopping out the cheese I note on the packaging that this goes well with figs and honey. Hmmm... I have figs and though I don't have honey I have maple syrup - which will do. The savoury blue cheesiness contrasts the fragrant figs sweetness and rather less subtle maple syrup sweetness beautifully - a dessert reminiscent of Rome.

Fig, Gorgonzola & maple syrup