TART OF FRESH CHEESE, OLIVES AND MINT

JaneJane Ruzanski

This serves 6-8 people

ingredients

  • Filling
  • 1 tbs. Olive oil
  • 1 1/4 cups chopped onion
  • 3/4 cup halved, pitted olives
  • 4 oz. part skim ricotta
  • 7 oz. soft fresh goat cheese
  • 1 tbs. chopped fresh mint
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tbs. all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp.black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt

directions

  • 1

    Crust

  • 2

    Combine flour and salt in a processor. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add ice water until a moist ball forms.

  • 3

    Gather dough into a ball, flatten to form a disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm about 30 minutes

  • 4

    preheat oven to 375.

  • 5

    Butter an 11 inch tart pan with removable bottom.

  • 6

    Roll out dough to a 13 inch round. Transfer to tart pan pressing dough gently into pan, forming high double thick high standing sides. Freeze 15 minutes. Pierce crust with a fork in several places. Bake crust until pale golden about 18 minutes. Let cool. Maintain oven temperature.

  • 7

    For filling

  • 8

    Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saute until translucent about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add olives. Cool.

  • 9

    Spoon onion-olive mixture over the bottom of cooled crust. Mix both cheeses in a small bowl to blend. Drop cheese mixture by dollops over onion olive mixture. Sprinkle with mint. Whisk eggs, cream, flour. salt and pepper in a medium bowl to blend. Pour mixture over tart.

  • 10

    Bake until filling is set and top is pale golden about 45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Transfer tart to platter. Cut in wedges and serve warm.

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