Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine started last Thursday and lasted through Sunday. It was my birthday yesterday and I seemed to have started the celebration early. My daughter and her husband came over yesterday for a barbeque and I rounded out the meal with a mushroom leek tart. It was so easy and good I have to share how it's made. Here is the link to the recipe that inspired my version.
The original recipe calls for asparagus with the leeks, but I am not a fan, so I substituted mushrooms. This is the third time I have made this recipe and I am getting my technique down better. This time I cut the recipe in half and it was great. I have actually posted on making this tart before. Here is a link to my first effort if you would like to read that. I share more photos of the process in that post.
Here's what I did in a nutshell. I used one refrigerated pie crust, topped it with 1 cup of shredded fontina cheese. I topped the cheese with one leek and 5 or 6 mushrooms I had sauteed in 2 T. butter. I put a few dabs of ricotta cheese on top of the veggies (you could use soft mozzarella too I think). I sprinkled some thyme on top, just a little. Lastly I crimped the pie dough up and all around the filling as you would for a rustic tart. Brush the crust with egg wash. I baked it on a hot pizza stone at 450 for 18 minutes.
Refer to the recipe for detailed instructions for a tart that is double the size of mine. You could use any veggies you like and use a different cheese if you prefer. Make sure your filling isn't too "wet". The first two times I made this my bottom crust was a bit soggy, but that hot pizza stone solved that issue.
Eva is off camping this week, so I plan to get in some sewing and reading. Summer seems to be in full swing all of a sudden!
Happy Birthday Nicole! Your machine will be smoking this week! š
Posted by: Nancy Watkins | June 14, 2021 at 07:07 AM
Hope you had a happy birthday! šš·š The tart is beautiful looking! Enjoy your week sewing up a storm!
Posted by: Jan | June 14, 2021 at 07:33 AM
Happy Birthday, Nicole! Have a great week!
Posted by: Debbie R. | June 14, 2021 at 07:37 AM
Happy birthday! The tart looks delicious.
Posted by: Nann | June 14, 2021 at 07:44 AM
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a fun celebration.
Posted by: Cathy | June 14, 2021 at 08:53 AM
Happy birthday!!! Have fun reading, sewing, and enjoy some wine in the evening. I hope Eva has fun camping. ;p
Posted by: Ina | June 14, 2021 at 11:09 AM
Belated happy birthday wishes to you! Hoping your new year brings good health, love and happiness to you. Hope there is still some cake leftover.
Posted by: Taria | June 14, 2021 at 08:49 PM
Happy Belated Birthday Nicole!
Enjoy your extra sewing time š„³
Posted by: Wendy Currie | June 15, 2021 at 03:49 AM
Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Kathy Czuprynski | June 15, 2021 at 06:35 AM
I made your tart for dinner last night, Nicole, and it was a big hit! I donāt have a pizza stone so I baked my tart in a cast iron skillet. I am already thinking about the variations I can try, adding sautĆ©ed zucchini, for example, or bacon. Happy belated birthday!
Posted by: Dawn | June 16, 2021 at 06:52 AM