Being meat and 2 veg 24/7 it was about time I dined on something from the vegetable stable that would feed us, and be tasty, but I could still add things for the carnivore in me if I wished.
Ive tried Butternut squash cubes,,Boiled new spuds or Carrot, veggies such as Courgette or Tomato ive found too wet and dont lend itself to the Puff Pastry but the list is endless of possible usable vegetables.
The Cheese Toppings are optional and personal, but I know goats cheese is Judes Fav,but I enjoy the Feta and Parmesan as tasty combo.
INGREDIENTS
Few chunks of Feta Cheese
Few shavings of Parmesan Cheese
1 packet cooked baby beetroot - sliced in half
1 red onion sliced
Few Mushrooms of your choosing sliced in half
1/2 Green and Red pepper sliced in strips
sprigs fresh thyme
Fresh Basil for ripping
sea salt
black pepper
1 tbsp honey
1 desert spoon balsamic vinegar
1 packet ready made butter puff pastry
1 egg to eggwash pastry
olive oil
Packet of prepared Puff Pastry
Prep the vegetables and lightly soften in a frying pan with Olive Oil,sprigs of Thyme and season well.
Using a slotted spoon remove vegetables and set aside,then add sliced beetroots to remaining hot oil in pan,add Honey and Balsamic to pan and coat Beets,warm through for 2 minutes.
Remove Beetroot from pan with slotted spoon and set aside.
Butter a 10 inch flan dish and add the warmed Beetroot slices round edge down in the flan dish,add some of the hot pan juices if you wish but not too much as this will inevitably drain through and soften the pastry once you invert the flan dish,so be aware of this !!!!!!!!!!!!
Add the softened Mushrooms,again make sure they are drained of too much residue cooking Oil.
Add remaining cooked vegetables to flan dish.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees.(170 for fan oven)
Roll out Puff pastry and using a same size flan dish as a template cut to size the pastry and tuck it down the sides of the vegetables in the flan dish,eggwash pastry and cook on middle shelf for 20/25 mins
remove Tarte Tatin from oven,run a clean knife around edge of pastry to loosen from pie dish,place cooking tray carefully over pastry tin and invert
holding both trays with a cloth so as not to burn fingers.
Once tarte is right side up heat the grill.
add ripped basil leaves and Cheeses of your preference and place under hot grill for 2 mins.
(optional extra is meat to the dish and I often cook a chicken breast)
Plate up Beetroot Tarte Tatin with salad only or add Meat if you prefer.
Drizzle with Olive Oil and tuck on in !!!!!!!!!
Enjoy
Gazza
