Goat’s cheese and courgette tart with pistachio dressing

Name: Goat’s cheese and courgette tart with pistachio dressing
Total time: 40 min
Yield: serves 12
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 8 medium courgettes thinly sliced lengthways; extra-virgin olive oil; 2 × 375g packs all butter puff pastry; 400g soft goat’s cheese; 2 red chilli seeded and thinly shredded; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 1 clove garlic crushed; 4 tbsp pistachios toasted and finely chopped; 1 tbsp caster sugar; to serve rocket salad

Published: December 19, 2014 at 2:32 PM

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serves 12

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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The best puff pastry savoury tart recipe: made with two packs of pastry it will serve 12. Grilled courgettes and goat's cheese make an interesting filling. An ideal vegetarian main course or lunch.

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Nutrition

8 medium courgettes

thinly sliced lengthways
extra-virgin olive oil
2 × 375g packs all butter puff pastry
400g soft goat’s cheese
2 red chilli

seeded and thinly shredded

pistachio dressing

2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 clove garlic

crushed
4 tbsp pistachios

toasted and finely chopped
1 tbsp caster sugar
to serve rocket salad

Nutrition: per serving

kcal486
fat36g
saturates0g
carbs26.4g
sugars0g
fibre2g
protein13.8g
salt1g

Method

step 1

Toss the courgette slices in 4 tbsp olive oil, season and grill on a barbecue or chargrill pan. Remove and cool.
step 2

Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas7. Roll out the pastry to fit two 35cm × 25cm baking sheets or similar. Prick all over with a fork and chill for 10 minutes or freeze for 5 before baking.
step 3

Cover with baking paper and put some heavy dried lentils, rice or pastry weights on top. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the paper and weights. Bake for a further 5 minutes until browned and crisp.
step 4

Remove and cool. Make the pistachio dressing by mixing 4 tbsp olive oil with the vinegar, garlic, pistachios and sugar. Spread the goat’s cheese on the cooled bases, arrange the courgettes and chillies on top and spoon over the pistachio dressing and serve with a rocket salad.

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