Tangy rhubarb meets melted Cheddar on this scrumptious savoury tart.
“As a lot as you may affiliate rhubarb with puddings and nursery fare, don’t be fooled: that is very a lot a savoury enterprise, and likewise very a lot a ‘grown-up’ dish,” says meals author Skye McAlpine.
“To go along with it, you solely want a salad: I can’t resist pairing this with a equally pastel-hued salad of blush-pink radicchio rosa or darkish purple bitter chicory.
“One warning: this works greatest with lengthy, skinny, furiously pink rhubarb stems, moderately than fatter ones, which take longer to cook dinner and may style somewhat too sharp.”
Rhubarb and Cheddar tart
Substances:
(Serves 4-6)
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325g sheet of ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry
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1 egg, calmly overwhelmed
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250g mascarpone
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2tbsp finely grated Parmesan cheese
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400g skinny stems of vibrant pink rhubarb
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1tbsp caster sugar
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130g Cheddar cheese, grated
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Small bunch of thyme
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Sea salt flakes and freshly floor black pepper
Methodology:
1. Warmth the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/fuel mark 6. Line a baking tray with baking parchment and unroll the sheet of pastry on to the tray. Use a pointy knife to attain a two to three-centimetre border across the edge, then prick everywhere in the centre half with a fork.
2. Brush the pastry edge with the egg, then line with baking parchment and baking beans. Blind-bake within the oven for 10 minutes, till dry to the contact and calmly golden on the edges. Take out of the oven and go away to chill for 10 minutes or so.
3. In a small bowl, mix the mascarpone with the Parmesan and season generously with salt and pepper. Spoon the mascarpone over the center of the tart, and unfold it out as evenly as you’ll be able to. If the pastry is overrated within the center, don’t fear, simply press it down gently together with your arms and spoon the mascarpone on prime. Minimize the rhubarb into long-ish items, roughly 16 centimetres lengthy, and organize them snugly, facet by facet like troopers, over the mascarpone. Sprinkle the sugar over the rhubarb, then prime with the grated Cheddar. Lastly, scatter over a number of thyme leaves.
4. Set within the oven to bake for 15-20 minutes, till the cheese is melted and the rhubarb is tender. Serve heat.
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