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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 3 tarts, you will need:

1 3 tomatoes
2 3 cucumbers
3 8.5 oz feta
4 5.3 oz cream
5 3 tablespoons lemon juice
6 herbs of your choice
7 3 spring onions (scallions)
8 1 lb + 5.1 oz Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
9 3 tablespoons olive oil
10 chive flowers
11 fine (or table) salt

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 3 tomatoes and slice thinly.

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

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Peel 3 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.

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 8.5 oz feta, 5.3 oz cream and 3 tablespoons 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 3 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.

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
1,980 Kcal or 8,290 Kj	86 gr	268 gr	326 gr
99 %	33 %	25 %	49 %

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 3 tarts : 8.40 €
Per 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: Verbena flan, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Yvetot Douillons, Smart plum tart, Cheese and tomato tart, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tzatziki, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Courgette tart with mint, Greek Pesto, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Curried prawn risotto, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Cream sauce with Vin Jaune, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, ... All
	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato pesto, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Pan bagnat, Cretan salad, Zucchini and tomato remoulade, ... All

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