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Thin spinach and potato tart

A savoury tart with a thin puff pastry base, crushed potatoes, spinach, bechamel sauce and topped with a sprinkling of grated cheese.

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Last modified on: June 13^th 2021

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For 2 tarts, you will need:

1 1 ¹⁄₃ cup cooked potatoes
2 ½ cup butter
3 1 ¹⁄₃ cup Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
4 1 ¹⁄₃ cup cooked spinach
5 1 cup Bechamel sauce
6 ¹⁄₃ cup grated cheese
7 salt
8 pepper

Change these quantities to make: 1 tart 2 tarts 3 tarts

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
18 min.	10 min.	30 min.	58 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Chop 1 ¹⁄₃ cup cooked potatoes fairly small.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Put in a bowl, salt and pepper, then add ½ cup butter in small pieces. Mix well by mashing together with a fork, as coarsely or finely as you prefer.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Roll out 1 ¹⁄₃ cup Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) into a roughly 9-inch (22 cm) circle and lay on a sheet of cooking parchment, laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Spread a layer of crushed potato on the puff pastry base.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add a layer of spinach.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Spread the 1 cup Bechamel sauce on top.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

And finish with ¹⁄₃ cup grated cheese.

Stage 8 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Leave to cool slightly before serving.

Remarks

If you don't have bechamel sauce, add extra grated cheese to make up for it.

Keeping

Best eaten without delay, but can be reheated.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,736 Kcal or 7,268 Kj	48 gr	199 gr	224 gr
87 %	18 %	19 %	34 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
138 Kcal or 578 Kj	4 gr	16 gr	18 gr
7 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
868 Kcal or 3,634 Kj	24 gr	100 gr	112 gr
43 %	9 %	9 %	17 %

% 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 2 tarts : 3.85 €
Per tart : 1.93 €

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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: Smoked salmon sacristains, Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Little caramelized peach tarts, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Shallot confit tart, ... All
	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Asparagus and spinach gratin, ... All
	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mont d'or in brioche, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Tartiflette, Comtois surprise bread, Deep leek and potato quiche, ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moussaka, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Spiced butternut gratin, Potato and broccoli gratin, Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, ... All

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