Thin summer tart "à la grecque"


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 18th 2021

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31 min.20 min.51 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
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"
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"
Slice the cucumber.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
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"
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"
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"
Add the herbs and onion to the cream-feta mixture.

Stage 8 - 20 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
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"
Spread the cooled pastry with the herb-cheese mixture.

Stage 10 - 2 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
Arrange a circle of tomato slices.

Stage 11 - 2 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
Then cucumber on top.

Stage 12 - 1 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque"
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 valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,446 Kcal or 6,054 Kj117 gr766 gr729 gr
54 %33 %54 %82 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
184 Kcal or 770 Kj15 gr98 gr93 gr
7 %4 %7 %10 %
Per tart
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,446 Kcal or 6,054 Kj117 gr766 gr729 gr
54 %33 %54 %82 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 tart : 2.80 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Two-cheese quiche, Puits d'amour, Shallot confit tart, Chicken and mushroom pie, Saint Honoré cake, ... All
FetaFeta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable rosette tart, Greek Pesto, Kalamata Salad, Spinach brik parcels, Cretan Bread, ... All
CreamCream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's apple and almond cake, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Lobster Thermidor, ... All
Olive oilOlive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Chicken and mushroom pie, Spaghetti with smoked salmon, Red rice pannequets, ... All
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