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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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thin summer tart "à la grecque" : Photo of step #1
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.
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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.
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Slice the cucumber.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
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Put the cucumber slices in a sieve, sprinkle with fine salt, mix well and leave to drain over a bowl.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
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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.
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Finely chop herbs of your choice (chives, parsley and chive flowers here) and 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 7 - 2 min.
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Add the herbs and onion to the cream-feta mixture.

Stage 8 - 20 min.
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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.
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Spread the cooled pastry with the herb-cheese mixture.

Stage 10 - 2 min.
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Arrange a circle of tomato slices.

Stage 11 - 2 min.
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Then cucumber on top.

Stage 12 - 1 min.
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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
660 Kcal or 2,763 Kj29 gr89 gr109 gr
33 %11 %8 %16 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
84 Kcal or 352 Kj4 gr11 gr14 gr
4 %1 %1 %2 %
Per tart
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
660 Kcal or 2,763 Kj29 gr89 gr109 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 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: Smoked salmon sacristains, Express apple tart, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Apple and pear tart, Cochelin d'Evreux, ... All
FetaFeta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Courgette tart with mint, Moussaka, Kalamata Salad, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All
CreamCream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Lille style chicken, Cheese tart, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Nanou's apple and almond cake, ... All
Olive oilOlive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beef braised in reduced red wine, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Cabbage julienne with ham, Sunday night pasta, Tomato and cream cheese terrine, ... All
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