Ratatouille Walnut Tart Ii Recipes

RATATOUILLE WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, add eggplant, garlic, shallot or leek, garlic and thyme.
• Saute 5 minutes; cover, reduce heat and cook until eggplant is tender, around 8 minutes-give it a stir once or twice.
• Stir in tomato paste and cook for 3 minutes more.
• Remove from heat, stir in nuts.
• Coat a 9 inch tart pan with olive oil or spray.
• Place 1 layer on, lightly oil and sprinkle with cheese, then another layer until you are left with a plain layer.
• You also want to layer the phyllo in a circle so you have an even jagged edge.
• Spoon in eggplant mixture.
• Arrange tomatoes on top and sprinkle with remaining parmesan and crumbled feta.
• Fold the jagged edge over top so you have a nice edge.
• Bake at 350F for 35 minutes.

RATATOUILLE TART

Steps:

• Press pie dough into 9" tart pan. Press dough into pan's fluted edge, trim excess. Cover dart shell with aluminum foil and fill with dried beans or baking weights. Bake according to package instructions. Let cool 5 minutes and remove weights. (you may do this earlier in the day, and hold at room temperature til needed).
• Slice veges into 1/8" slices - a mandoline is very handy for this. Pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle cheese and basil over bottom of tart.
• Arrange vegetables around the edge of tart shell, repeatedly overlapping 2 slices each of zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, and onion. (the onion tends to fall apart - just use a generous pinch of shreds.) Arrange a smaller circle inside the first. Put onions in the center, covered by more squash.
• Drizzle the tart with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake until tart is golden brown around the edges, about 30 minutes.

WALNUT TART

Steps:

• For pastry: Combine flour and sugar in large bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Blend in yolks and vanilla; gather dough into a ball.
• Turn out onto lightly-floured surface.
• Using heel of hand, smear dough a little at a time across surface to blend butter and flour thoroughly.
• Flatten into disk.
• Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 390F.
• Roll dough out between sheets of wax paper to thickness of 1/8 inch.
• Fit into 11 inch tart pan and trim edges.
• Pierce shell all over with fork.
• Line with foil and fill with pie weights or dry beans.
• Bake until pastry is set, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
• Remove pie weights and foil.
• Bake until crust is golden-brown, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
• Blend all filling ingredients.
• Pour into crust.
• Bake until filling is set and looks dry, about 35 minutes.
• Cool and decorate with walnut halves.
• This is sublime served warm with a scoop of walnut ice cream melting over top.

RATATOUILLE TART WITH CARAMELIZED ONION-TOMATO JAM

Steps:

• Caramelized Onion-Tomato Jam:.
• In a high-sided saute pan with a lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, season with the salt, cover and cook until they are wilted and soft, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the lid and cook the onions until they are golden and caramelized, stirring often, about 20 minutes more. Stir in the garlic and saute 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook an additional 10 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Stirring consistently, cook until the tomatoes breakdown and the jam becomes thick, about 20 minutes. Yield: 3 cups;.
• Ratatouille Tart:.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Roll the puff pastry out on a floured surface to a rectangular shape, about 12 by 10 1/2 inches. Transfer the pastry sheet to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• With the tines of a fork, dock a 1/2-inch border around the edge of the sheet and dock the center of the sheet a few times as well. This will prevent the dough from rising as it cooks.
• Spread the Caramelized Onion-Tomato Jam evenly over the pastry, leaving a small border around the edge of the pastry. Layer the tomatoes, eggplant, yellow squash and zucchini in overlapping rows, or in whatever pattern you like. Sprinkle the roasted red peppers around the tart. Drizzle the assembled tart with a little olive oil, making sure to brush a little on the edges, season with salt and pepper and top with half of the fresh oregano.
• Bake until the pastry is golden brown and puffed, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with the goat cheese and the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano before serving.