Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart
Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart

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Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart instructions. Use a vegetable peeler to make the courgette into ribbons. Sprinkle with a small layer of salt. Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart instructions.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have spring pesto, veg and feta tart using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart:
  1. Prepare For the pesto (you will only use 1/2 to 2/3 of this and the rest is great in a Caprese salad or stirred into pasta)
  2. Take Small bunch basil
  3. Prepare Handful rocket
  4. Take Handful spinach
  5. Prepare 40 g nuts
  6. Make ready 1 tsp water
  7. Get 1/2 lemon, juiced
  8. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
  9. Take 1 large garlic cloves
  10. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  11. Take For the tart
  12. Take 1 pack ready rolled puff pastry (375g)
  13. Make ready 1 large courgette
  14. Take 100 g asparagus
  15. Make ready Couple of spoonfuls of Caramelised Onion Chutney or 1 red onion [sliced thinly and caramelised over a low heat with 2 tsp butter, 2tsp brown sugar and 1 tsp balsamic vinegar]
  16. Get Handful cherry tomatoes, halved
  17. Prepare 100 g Feta cheese
  18. Prepare 1 small egg or 1 tbsp milk as a wash
  19. Make ready Black pepper

Pat the vegetables dry with paper towels to absorb the moisture beaded on top. Lay the vegetable slices evenly over the pesto, overlapping them slightly to fit. Sprinkle with the feta cheese, red pepper flakes, and black pepper. This attractive spring vegetable and feta cheese tart makes great use of asparagus as well as some other tasty seasonal vegetables - peas and scallions.

Steps to make Spring Pesto, Veg and Feta Tart:
  1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
  2. Use a vegetable peeler to make the courgette into ribbons. Peel on 4 sides until you reach the seedy middle which should be in a cuboid shape (this is perfect to add to soups, pasta or omelettes).
  3. Sprinkle with a small layer of salt.
  4. Cut the asparagus lengthways so they are about 5mm thick (usually in half but may need to be in thirds).
  5. Blend together the pesto ingredients until smooth, bright green. Adjust to taste.
  6. Lay out the puff pastry sheet on a baking sheet with the attached baking paper.
  7. Spread half the pesto in a layer over the puff pastry, leaving a border. You shouldn’t be able to see any pastry below the pesto so use more if needed.
  8. Pat the courgette dry and, without breaking the ribbons, try and remove as much liquid as possible.
  9. Lay the asparagus over the pesto then lay the courgette ribbons in waves all over the tart. Some should be sticking upright and some laying down to give different textures.
  10. Dot the halved tomatoes around the tart and then drizzle or spray olive oil over the surface.
  11. Do an egg or milk wash over the border and then bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on the edges and underneath. Sprinkle the feta over after 15 minutes. You may need to put foil over the edges if they are browning too quickly.
  12. Crack some black pepper over the top and then cut into 4 pieces. Serve warm!

Sprinkle with the feta cheese, red pepper flakes, and black pepper. This attractive spring vegetable and feta cheese tart makes great use of asparagus as well as some other tasty seasonal vegetables - peas and scallions. The vegetables are paired with a creamy egg filling, salty feta cheese, fresh herbs and crisp parmesan pastry which makes for an incredibly delicious and beautiful tart which is good eaten. Place a sheet of baking paper over the pastry in each dish and fill with dry rice or beans. Cool before filling with veggies and feta.

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