Monday, February 22, 2010

an old standby

Three hours before we were supposed to be at a birthday party, Andy informs me it's a potluck (why is it that boys are never on top of that stuff??). So I returned to the old standby. My landlord Jon had a secret stash of fresh rosemary hidden somewhere and gave me the most gorgeous bouquet of it. This recipe is one of my favorites and it is due time that I share it with you all! Taken from A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen by Jack Bishop it has never failed to be a crowd pleaser.. I hope you enjoy.

Rosemary Crust:
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
8 tablespoons (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter
4-5 tablespoons ice water

Tomato-Goat Cheese Filling:
6 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled
3 medium tomatoes cored, sliced 1/4 inch thick and blotted dry with paper towels
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

For the crust: Place flour, salt and rosemary in food processor and pulse several times to combine. Add the cubed butter and pulse until pea sized. Gradually add the water adn pulse briefly after each addition. Process until dough just comes together. *DO NOT OVER PROCESS!!*
Flatten into disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

oven - 375

Unwrap dough and roll into a 12-inch circle. Lat it over a 10 inch tart pan fitting it into the bottom and up the sides. Roll the rolling pin over top to cut off excess dough.

To fill and bake: Scatter crumbled goat cheese evenly over bottom of tart then arrange the tomatoes over the cheese. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake until the crust pulls away from pan and is golden brown 45-50 minutes.

Allow tart to cool a bit before serving.
Enjoy!

4 comments:

Lisa said...

Hello, I was just Blog-Hopping and ran across your blog. Very Nice!

Be Well...

j.may and a.clay said...

thank you so much!

rachel's life. said...

I've been blog-hopping too and I went right back to the beginning of yours...the yosemite trip looked fab!

j.may and a.clay said...

oh wow! That's great...so many changes happen it's wild to look back!