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Thin summer tart "à la grecque"

Name: Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
Prep time: 31 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 51 min
Yield: 1 tart
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tomato; 1 cucumber; 80 g feta; 50 g cream; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; herbs of your choice; 1 spring onion (scallion); 200 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 1 tablespoon olive oil; chive flowers; fine (or table) salt

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.

38 K 4.5/5 (2 reviews)

55 min.

Easy

2.80 €

1 tart

11 Ingredients

Last modified on: July 18^th 2021

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 1 tomato
2 1 cucumber
3 80 g feta
4 50 g cream
5 1 tablespoon lemon juice
6 herbs of your choice
7 1 spring onion (scallion)
8 200 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
9 1 tablespoon olive oil
10 chive flowers
11 fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 785 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 35 min.

Cooking: 20 min.

All in all: 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 1

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.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 2

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.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 3

Slice the cucumber.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 4

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

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 5

Put 80 g feta, 50 g cream and 1 tablespoon lemon juice into a high-sided jug or bowl. Blend together.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 6

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

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 7

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

Stage 8 - ⌛ 20 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 8

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.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 9

Spread the cooled pastry with the herb-cheese mixture.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 10

Arrange a circle of tomato slices.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 2 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 11

Then cucumber on top.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 1 min.

Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Stage 12

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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	120 RDI=50 %	770 RDI=70 %	730 RDI=110 %	1,450 RDI=70 %	6,050 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=6 %	100 RDI=9 %	90 RDI=10 %	180 RDI=9 %	770 RDI: 9 %