Puff-Pastry Tomato Tarts

Name: Puff-Pastry Tomato Tarts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp chopped basil; 680 grams heirloom tomatoes, cored; 2 teaspoons light brown sugar; 59 milliliters freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; 227 grams chilled all-butter puff pastry; 4 servings Salt; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, cut into small cubes

Puff-Pastry Tomato Tarts requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 425 calories, 8g of protein, and 29g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, salt, all-butter puff pastry, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 40

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In a saucepan of boiling water, blanch the tomatoes until the skins start to curl, 30 seconds; transfer to a plate and let cool. Peel the tomatoes. Halve them crosswise and squeeze out the seeds, then slice the tomatoes 1/2 inch thick.

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Tomato

Seeds

Water

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Sauce Pan

Sprinkle the tomatoes on both sides with the sugar and season with salt; transfer to a rack and let drain for 30 minutes.

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Tomato

Sugar

Salt

Meanwhile, line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the puff pastry 1/8 inch thick. Using a 6-inch round plate as a template, cut out four 6-inch rounds.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Transfer the rounds to the prepared baking sheet and freeze for 5 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Bake the rounds for 20 minutes, until golden brown and puffed.

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Oven

Pat the tomato slices dry with paper towels.

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Tomato Slices

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle the pastry puffs with half of the grated cheese and arrange the sliced tomatoes in a circle in the center of each pastry round, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Dot the tomatoes evenly with the butter and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

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Tomato

Butter

Cheese

Bake the tarts for 10 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 and bake for 20 minutes longer, until the pastry is richly browned and the tomatoes have shrunken slightly.

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Tomato

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Oven

Let the tarts cool for at least 5 minutes, garnish with the basil and serve.

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Basil