Just to
clarify – the recipe I’m blogging about tonight, well, I actually made it
yesterday evening and the one I made this evening is the one I’m going to blog
about tomorrow so, with that said, on with tonight’s post…
I thought
that the Tomato and goat’s cheese tart would
be an absolutely perfect recipe for a Sunday evening. We all had a big lunch in
the late afternoon so this was a lovely change to our normal Sunday tea. The
recipe said that ready-rolled puff pastry could be used so that’s exactly what I
did – hey, do you really think I have the time or ability to make my own puff
pastry?! I actually bought it in M&S a while back and I don’t know how many
Saturday nights have come and gone with me forgetting to take it out of the
freezer to defrost overnight. However, if I’d bothered to read the
instructions, they said it could be defrosted overnight in the fridge or three
hours at room temperature.
I started
off by cutting a red onion into eight wedges and put them into a large bowl.
Next, I sliced 6 or 7 tomatoes and left the cores out. They went into the bowl
with the onions and I then seasoned them,
added a pinch of caster sugar and poured olive oil over the lot. I rolled out the
pastry until I roughly had a 25 x 30cm rectangle. I must admit that I forgot to
flour the surface of my large chopping board so it was a bit of a task to get
it off onto a baking tray without it tearing. Once I had the pastry on the
baking tray, I arranged the tomatoes and onions in rows. I know that the recipe
said to use goat’s cheese but I really don’t like goat’s cheese so I used chopped
up buffalo mozzarella instead. I then popped the tart into the oven for 25
minutes. By the time I removed it, the tomatoes were bubbling away and the
pastry was golden. When I took it out of the oven, I slid it onto my wooden
chopping board again and, of course, burned myself silly in the process! I finished
off the tart by dolloping green pesto on top and served up.
The
verdict…
Amazingly,
Dear Husband gave this vegetarian dish (which it is!) an incredible 9 marks out
of 10. I also awarded it 9 marks. Dear Mother and Dear Father of course gave it
full marks again. Ah, that's the thing about my parents – they’re still full of praise of my efforts even though I’m
all grown up now! Even if it was a disaster, they’d probably still say it was lovely
but that’s parents for you (thankfully!). Even Baby Daughter loved this tart
and couldn’t get enough of it; therefore, I’ve discovered that she loves puff
pastry so I must keep that in mind.
Will I make
this again? Most definitely! Undoubtedly, a great recipe and absolutely perfect
for Sunday tea or I’m thinking afternoon tea too. I urge you to make this
recipe. It was super easy and super yummy with the least amount of fuss. A real
star in this Challenge and I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!
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