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Nanou's tuna tart

Crisp puff pastry topped with tuna, mushrooms and cooked shallots.

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Last modified on: September 11^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Tart Tuna Mushrooms Puff pastry

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 8.8 oz Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 1 lb + 1.6 oz mushrooms
3 2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 2 shallots
5 3 tablespoons olive oil
6 1 tablespoon flour
7 3.5 oz tuna in oil
8 7.0 oz cream
9 salt
10 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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27 min.	1 hour 9 min.	1 hour 36 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roll out the puff pastry and line the mould or tin. Prick the bottom all over and leave to wait in the fridge.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Peel 1 lb + 1.6 oz mushrooms and chop. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

>Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 2 shallots, chop and set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a pan over medium heat, then add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 or 2 minutes.

Note: if you are using tinned tuna in oil, use the oil from the tin.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Add the chopped mushrooms, stir well and cook until the liquid released by the mushrooms has almost all evaporated.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Add 1 tablespoon flour and stir well. Cook while stirring for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Add 3.5 oz tuna in oil and stir well.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Add 7.0 oz cream, stir well and cook over low heat for a further 5 minutes.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Pour the mixture into the pastry case.

Stage 10 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes...

Stage 11

...until the tart is nicely browned.

Eat hot or warm, preferably with a green salad.

Remarks

You can also make this tart using shortcrust pastry.

You might like to try adding herbs of your choice to the mixture before it is cooked.

Keeping

When cooked, 1 or 2 days in the fridge.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,560 Kcal or 6,531 Kj	50 gr	127 gr	203 gr
78 %	19 %	12 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
174 Kcal or 729 Kj	6 gr	14 gr	23 gr
9 %	2 %	1 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,560 Kcal or 6,531 Kj	50 gr	127 gr	203 gr
78 %	19 %	12 %	31 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 3.93 €

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Source

One of Nanou's recipe's, of course.

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: Leek and fresh tuna tart, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Crusty cockle tart, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Mini lemon millefeuilles, ... All
	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Mushroom and artichoke omelette, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Vol-au-vent, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Rice à la grecque, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Quick chicken curry, ... All
	Tuna in oil: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Springtime mixed salad, Pan bagnat, Gribouille dressing, Salade Niçoise, ... All

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