Heirloom Tomato & Whipped Feta Tart

Celebrate summer’s vibrant flavors and colors with a gorgeous heirloom tomato tart that’s super easy to make! Just bake up some pre-made puff pastry, mix up a creamy feta base, and top it off with sliced heirloom and cherry tomatoes. This tart is sure to “wow” as a main dish for brunch or a tasty appetizer for dinner.

Serves 4.

• 1 thawed sheet puff pastry
• 1 room-temperature egg (for egg wash)
• 4 oz feta cheese
• 1/4 Greek yogurt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder (or one minced garlic clove)
• 2 tbsp chopped basil (plus several leaves and blossoms for garnishing)
• 3 heirloom tomatoes (sliced to 1/4 inch)
• 4-5 different color cherry tomatoes sliced
• Flaky sea salt
• Black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Thaw your pastry and put it on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Even out the creases on the dough. Make a square in the center of the puff pastry with a 1 inch border flush with the edge of the dough. With a fork, prick the inside of the square you made to look like a giant cracker.
3. Beat the yolk and white of a room-temperature egg and brush the egg wash all over your pastry.
4. Put your pastry in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Blend the feta, yogurt, olive oil and garlic clove or powder until the mixture is fully smooth. Chop two tablespoons of basil and stir it into the feta mixture.
6. Take your pastry out of the oven and let it cool until you can touch it comfortably. Use a spoon to smush down the inside square and the one-inch border will become your crust.
7. Spoon and spread your feta mixture into the middle square. Layer your heirloom tomatoes on the feta first and then the cherry tomatoes.
8. Garnish the tart with basil leaves and blossoms. Crack fresh pepper and sprinkle flaky sea salt over the tart. Drizzle with a little olive oil and enjoy!

Recipe adapted from Zaynab Issa. 

Photos by Alison Penn. 

Local Ingredients 

• Cherry tomatoes from Rockhouse Farm in Deming 
• Feta from Tucumcari Mountain Feta 
• Basil from Growing with Sara Farm sourced by La Semilla Farm Fresh CSA