Cooking From the Glossies: Asparagus and Mushroom Tart

Name: Cooking From the Glossies: Asparagus and Mushroom Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams fresh asparagus, trimmed, cut on diagonal into 1-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt, divided; 118 milliliters crème fraîche; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme; 1 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper, divided; 118 milliliters (packed) coarsely grated Gruyere cheese (about two ounces); 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel; 490 grams package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed; 59 milliliters unsalted butter; 340 grams white button mushrooms, halved and then sliced thinly

Cooking From the Glossies: Asparagus and Mushroom Tart requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 472 calories, 10g of protein, and 35g of fat each. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up button mushrooms, coarse kosher salt, coarsely ground pepper, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Roll out each pastry sheet on work surface to 10-inch square.

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Roll

Cut each into 4 squares. Using small knife, score 1/2-inch border (do not cut through pastry) around inside edges of each square. Arrange squares on 2 rimmed baking sheets. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)

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Baking Sheet

Knife

Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add mushrooms; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Sauté until tender and lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

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Coarse Salt

Mushrooms

Pepper

Transfer mushrooms to large bowl; cool 5 minutes.

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Mushrooms

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Bowl

Add asparagus, chopped thyme, lemon peel, 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to mushrooms.

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Coarse Salt

Lemon Peel

Asparagus

Mushrooms

Pepper

Thyme

Mix in crème fraîche and cheese. (Filling can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

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Creme Fraiche

Cheese

Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Mound filling atop pastry squares, leaving 1/2-inch plain border.

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Oven

Bake tarts 12 minutes. Reverse sheets. Continue to bake tarts until crusts are puffed and golden and filling is cooked through, about 10 minutes longer.

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Oven

Transfer to plates; garnish with thyme sprigs.

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Fresh Thyme