TART OF FRESH CHEESE, OLIVES AND MINT
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.
Source: Jane Ruzanski


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