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.
16K 2 4.5
Last modified on: July 18th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 tarts, you will need:
- 1
2 tomatoes - 2
2 cucumbers - 3
160 ml feta - 4
100 ml cream - 5
2 tablespoons lemon juice - 6
herbs of your choice - 7
2 spring onions (scallions) - 8
400 ml Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) - 9
2 tablespoons olive oil - 10
chive flowers - 11
fine (or table) salt
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 31 min. | 20 min. | 51 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Peel 2 cucumbers, 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.
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.
Stage 6 - 4 min.
Finely chop herbs of your choice (chives, parsley and chive flowers here) and 2 spring onions (scallions).
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.
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.
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 |
| 1,320 Kcal or 5,527 Kj | 58 gr | 179 gr | 218 gr |
| 66 % | 22 % | 17 % | 33 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 tarts : 5.60 €
- Per tart : 2.80 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Chicken and mushroom pie, Koulibiak in pie dish, Crusty cockle tart, Small foie gras pasties, ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach brik parcels, Greek salad, Cretan-style salmon , Tzatziki, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clafoutis batter, Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Chocolate tart, Du Barry soup, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, ... All |
 | Spring onion (scallion): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower, chicken and avocado salad, Deep leek and potato quiche, Tartine du pêcheur , Crispy prawn rolls, Cucumber, avocado and mussel salad, ... All |
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