Sun-Dried Tomato, Goat Cheese, and Basil Tart with Rough Puff Pastry
Bursting with flavor, this Sun-Dried Tomato, Goat Cheese, and Basil Tart with Rough Puff Pastry is the perfect appetizer/brunch treat to bake all year long! Every bite is creamy, bright, tangy, tomato-y, and SO. GOOD.
Ingredients
Rough Puff Pastry
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ teaspoon diastatic malt powder
- ½ cup unsalted butter chopped
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 10 Tablespoons cold water
Filling
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- ½ cup whole milk
- 3 Tablespoons white wine
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons all purpose flour
- ½ cup goat cheese
- 2 green onions
- ⅔ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
Instructions
Rough Puff Pastry
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine flour, salt, and malt powder.
- Add butter.
- Mix until combined. There should still be some small chunks of butter.
- Add lemon juice and water.
- Mix on low only until it comes together.
- Turn out onto work surface and form into a rectangle.
- Wrap in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Roll into a 6"x12" rectangle.
- Fold the bottom third of the dough up and the top third down, like a letter.
- Turn the dough 90°.
- Repeat the rolling and folding process.
- Re-wrap in plastic wrap.
- Return to refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Repeat 2 more times.
- While dough is chilling the final time, heat oven to 400° F.
- Spray the bottom only of the tart pan with cooking spray.
- Roll dough out into an 7"x16" rectangle.
- Fit into prepared tart pan.
- Press lightly into the bottom, corners, and grooves.
- Trim any excess.
- Line with parchment paper.
- Fill with pie weights.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and set aside.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350° F.
Filling
- In a medium bowl, combine garlic, pepper, basil, milk, wine, eggs, and flour.
- Mix well.
- In a small bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the goat cheese, green onions, and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Add the goat cheese mixture to the egg mixture.
- Beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
- Pour into tart shell.
- Bake for 25 minutes, until puffy and set.
- Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 7gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 249mgPotassium: 227mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 768IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 2mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.