75gblue cheesestilton or St Agur would work well, cut roughly into 1cm cubes
3eggs
160mldouble cream
50gpine nutsroughly chopped
Zest of 1 lemon
50gparmesan-style cheesegrated
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Line your tart tin with the shortcrust pastry (mine was 14″ x 4.5″, but a 20-24cm round tin would do fine). Prick the bottom with a fork, and bake blind for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, brush the base all over with the white of one of your eggs (saving the yolk for later), and return to the oven for 5 more minutes.
Meanwhile, boil the broccoli for 5 minutes until tender but not too soft. Drain well and leave aside to cool.
In a jug, beat the 2 whole eggs plus one egg yolk together, then beat in the cream and half the parmesan-style cheese. Season generously with salt and pepper.
When your pastry case is out of the oven, lay the broccoli in it, and sprinkle over the cubes of blue cheese. Carefully pour over the eggs and cream mixture, being careful not to let any leak over the sides of the pastry.
Bake for 20 minutes, then scatter over the pine nuts, remaining parmesan-style cheese and lemon zest, and bake for a further 10 minutes until firm.