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
Keywords for this recipe:TartThinPuff pastryGreekCheeseHerbsTomatoesCucumberFetatCreamFor 1 tart, you will need:
- 1
1 tomato - 2
1 cucumber - 3
80 g feta - 4
50 g cream - 5
1 tablespoon lemon juice - 6
herbs of your choice - 7
1 spring onion (scallion) - 8
200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) - 9
1 tablespoon olive oil - 10
chive flowers - 11
fine (or table) salt - Total weight: 785 grams
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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 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.
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 1 spring onion (scallion).
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 670 Kcal or 2,805 Kj | 28 gr | 89 gr | 109 gr |
| 34 % | 11 % | 8 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 85 Kcal or 356 Kj | 4 gr | 11 gr | 14 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per tart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 670 Kcal or 2,805 Kj | 28 gr | 89 gr | 109 gr |
| 34 % | 11 % | 8 % | 16 % |
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Source
Home made.
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, Smart plum tart, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Mirlitons, Cheese and tomato tart, ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cretan-style salmon , Moussaka, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Rice à la grecque, Feta in olive oil with herbs, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and egg frichti, Spaghetti Carbonara, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Chocolate cake, Chocolate cream, ... All |
 | Spring onion (scallion): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Radish and mushroom salad, Corn salad with croutons, Red mullet fillets with a reduced white-wine sauce, Deep leek and potato quiche, Endive and cheese salad with croutons, ... All |
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