Steps to Make Courgette and Asparagus Tart in 22 Minutes at Home

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These fresh tasting individual tartlets are a sure fire way to impress. This light and crunchy Gruyère, Asparagus & Courgettes Open Tart was my girlfriends favorite at our Winter Lunch in early December. If serving for vegetarians, make sure to use Parmesan-free pesto.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook courgette and asparagus tart using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Courgette and Asparagus Tart:

1. Make ready 2 medium cougettes
2. Prepare 200 g asparagus
3. Make ready Tsp salt
4. Make ready Zest of 1 lemon
5. Make ready Handful fresh dill
6. Make ready Black pepper
7. Get 1 tsp olive oil
8. Prepare 375 g rolled sheet of puff pasty
9. Prepare 2 heaped tbps of crème fraiche
10. Take 120 g goats cheese with rind

Remove pastry shell from oven, and sprinkle with Gruyere. Trim the bottoms of the asparagus spears to fit crosswise inside the tart shell; arrange in a single layer over Gruyere, alternating ends and tips. For the parmesan pastry, roll out the chilled pastry on a floured work surface to the thickness of a pound coin. Prick all over with a fork, then line with baking paper and fill with baking beans.

Instructions to make Courgette and Asparagus Tart:

1. Thinly slice the courgettes and add to a large mixing bowl with the asparagus and salt.
2. Roughly chop the dill, the add the lemon zest, pepper and oil to the bowl. Mix well with you hands.
3. Lay the sheet of puff pastry on a baking tray. Spread the crème fraiche in an even layer onto the pasty, leaving about 2cm round the edges.
4. Layer the courgette slices onto the crème fraiche.
5. Then thinly slice the goats cheese and layer onto of the courgette.
6. Finally, add the asparagus and a little more black pepper.
7. Place in a preheated over at 180degC for 30 minutes. Leave to cool for a couple of minutes, then serve.

This tart is unapologetically rich – there is puff pastry, Gruyere, goat cheese, and cream – yet the overall effect is one of lightness. It's a handy make-ahead addition to a festive spread like this one, but paired with a green salad, it also makes a satisfying supper on its own. This creamy courgette tart makes for a delicious midweek meal. Make sure you slice the courgettes really thinly - not only will they look nicer, but they'll also become more crisp. This year we have a bumper crop of courgettes from our vegetable plot and it is simply amazing how much twelve plants yield.

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