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Thin summer tart "à la grecque"

A fresh, summery tart with a thin base of pre-cooked puff pastry, spread with a cream-feta mixture, and topped with slices of tomato and cucumber.

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Last modified on: July 18^th 2021

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 1 tomato
2 1 cucumber
3 ½ cup feta
4 ¼ cup cream
5 1 tablespoon lemon juice
6 herbs of your choice
7 1 spring onion (scallion)
8 1 cup Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
9 1 tablespoon olive oil
10 chive flowers
11 fine (or table) salt

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 1 tomato and slice thinly.

Salt the slices on both sides, then lay on a wire rack to drain excess juice.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Peel 1 cucumber, cut in half lengthways (and across if it's long).

Use a teaspoon (or better still, a pommes parisiennes spoon), to scrape the seeds out of the middle.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Slice the cucumber.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Put the cucumber slices in a sieve, sprinkle with fine salt, mix well and leave to drain over a bowl.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Put ½ cup feta, ¼ cup cream and 1 tablespoon lemon juice into a high-sided jug or bowl. Blend together.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Finely chop herbs of your choice (chives, parsley and chive flowers here) and 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add the herbs and onion to the cream-feta mixture.

Stage 8 - 20 min.

Bake the puff pastry in a disc, kept flat between 2 baking sheets, until golden. Leave to cool to give a thin, crisp tart base.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Spread the cooled pastry with the herb-cheese mixture.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Arrange a circle of tomato slices.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Then cucumber on top.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Scatter a few chive flowers or thyme leaves (if possible) over and drizzle with a little olive oil.

Your tart is ready.

Remarks

You can use mascarpone instead of the cream in stage 5.

If you don't have any chive flowers, use a few thyme leaves instead.

Keeping

Should be eated as soon as possible, while the puff pastry is still crisp.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
660 Kcal or 2,763 Kj	29 gr	89 gr	109 gr
33 %	11 %	8 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
84 Kcal or 352 Kj	4 gr	11 gr	14 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
660 Kcal or 2,763 Kj	29 gr	89 gr	109 gr
33 %	11 %	8 %	16 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 2.80 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom tart, Olive twists, Pecan fruit rolls , Chicken pie, Apple and pear tart, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Courgette tart with mint, Kalamata Salad, Tzatziki, Mediterranean toast, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Quartet of brassicas with cream , Blanquette of veal, Chocolate tart, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., ... All
	Spring onion (scallion): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick prawn curry, Light herb sauce, French-style peas, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Poivrade artichoke Salad, ... All

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