Beet Tart - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 cups flour
    1/2 tsp salt
    7 tbsp cold butter, chopped
    1 tbsp lemon juice
    4 oz spreadable cream cheese
    1 can (15 oz) baby beets, drained and cut into wedges
    1/4 cup arugula leaves
    1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
    2 tbsp parsley leaves
    1 None lemon, peel finely grated
    2 tsp olive oil
Preparation
    Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Lightly grease a baking pan.
    For the pastry, sift flour and salt into a bowl. Add butter and rub in using fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in 2 tbsp ice-cold water and lemon juice to form a soft dough. Shape into a disc. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
    Roll out pastry between 2 sheets parchment paper to a rough 14 x 8-inch rectangle. Transfer to baking pan on sheet of paper. Bake 15-20 mins, until golden. Cool.
    Spread cream cheese on pastry. Top with beets, arugula, walnuts, parsley and lemon peel. Drizzle with oil. Season to taste.

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