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.
19K 4.5/5 based on 2 reviews
Last modified on: July 18th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 tarts, you will need:
- 1
3 tomatoes - 2
3 cucumbers - 3
1 cup feta - 4
0 kg cream - 5
3 tablespoons lemon juice - 6
herbs of your choice - 7
3 spring onions (scallions) - 8
0 kg 2 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) - 9
3 tablespoons olive oil - 10
chive flowers - 11
fine (or table) salt
How long will 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 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.
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 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.
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 |
| 4,338 Kcal or 18,162 Kj | 350 gr | 2,298 gr | 2,186 gr |
| 217 % | 135 % | 217 % | 331 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 184 Kcal or 770 Kj | 15 gr | 98 gr | 93 gr |
| 9 % | 6 % | 9 % | 14 % |
| Per tart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,446 Kcal or 6,054 Kj | 117 gr | 766 gr | 729 gr |
| 72 % | 45 % | 72 % | 110 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 tarts : 8.40 €
- 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: Puits d'amour, Epiphany galette, Apple and pear tart, Beef Wellington, Avocado "tarte fine", ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Tzatziki, Vegetable rosette tart, Lumberjack turnovers, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Vol-au-vent, Quartet of brassicas with cream , "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , ... All |
 | Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato meat balls, Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Hamburgers, Tomato omelette, Italian style gratin, ... All |
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