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
- Preheat oven to 425.
- 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.
- Beat the yolk and white of a room-temperature egg and brush the egg wash all over your pastry.
- Put your pastry in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spoon and spread your feta mixture into the middle square. Layer your heirloom tomatoes on the feta first and then the cherry tomatoes.
- 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.Â
Photos by Alison Penn.Â
Local IngredientsÂ
- Cherry tomatoes from Rockhouse Farm in DemingÂ
- Feta from Tucumcari Mountain FetaÂ
- Basil from Growing with Sara Farm sourced by La Semilla Farm Fresh CSAÂ
