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Courgette tart with mint

Fried rounds of courgette in a puff pastry case with a feta and mint filling. You will find that this combination of feta with mint gives an agreeable fresh lift to this tart.

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Last modified on: June 11^th 2011

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 3 courgettes
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 200 g feta
5 1 handful fresh mint leaves
6 200 ml cream
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,390 grams

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33 min.	50 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) in a circle, prick all over, then use to line a tart tin or mould. Put to wait in the fridge.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare 3 courgettes, then slice fairly thinly, using a mandolin if you have one - it makes the job much easier.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a non-stick frying pan over high heat. As soon as it's nice and hot, add the sliced courgettes and cook for a few minutes. They should still be slightly crunchy.

Set aside. If any liquid has come out of the courgettes, drain them thoroughly in a sieve or colander.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Cut 200 g feta into small pieces.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Wash 1 handful fresh mint leaves, dry and chop roughly with a knife or scissors.

You can add any other herbs you like. I have used parley and thyme here, but this is not essential.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Pour 200 ml cream into a bowl, add the diced feta, salt and pepper.

Add the mint and mix.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 220°C (430°F).

Take the pastry case out of the fridge, and arrange the courgette slices in the bottom.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Pour the cream-feta-herb mixture on top, then cook for 30-40 minutes.

Stage 9 - 40 min.

You can put the tart under the grill for a few minutes at the end to brown the top.

Remarks

For a smoother filling mixture, you can use a hand blender to combine the cream with the feta and herbs.

If you don't like feta, you can just leave it out, or replace it with mozarella or a blue cheese like roquefort, but the taste will be very different. The essence of this recipe is the combination of courgette and mint.

And to drink?

Try a Cabernet-Sauvignon rosé from the Pays d'Oc produced by Baron Philippe de Rothschild, chilled but not too cold. Under this name, seen as somewhat pompous and "Old France", lurks a producer with a broad range of wines (the enlightened opinion of my friend Robert, who introduced me to them).

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Source

Home-made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,667 Kcal or 6,979 Kj	48 gr	76 gr	217 gr
83 %	18 %	7 %	33 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
120 Kcal or 502 Kj	3 gr	5 gr	16 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,667 Kcal or 6,979 Kj	48 gr	76 gr	217 gr
83 %	18 %	7 %	33 %

% 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: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 7.17 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Elsa's Comtoise galette, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mediterranean toast, Vegetable rosette tart, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Cretan salad, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All
	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vol-au-vent cases, Caramelised apple pie, Tomato tart, Mini palmiers, Fine multi-tomato tart, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable rosette tart, Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, Spring courgette and tuna salad, Quick courgette soup with cheese, Baby courgette salad, ... All

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