I had an emergency situation yesterday of no food in the house, or so I thought. A quick rifle through the fridge found a lonely slab of forgotten puff pastry, a selection of half empty jars of pesto, baby hot peppers, capers, olives, artichoke hearts and a packet of goat cheese. Ha! no food indeed! This turned out to be a gorgeous little dinner which took about 5 minutes to make. Plus I used up all those pesky jars that take up so much room in the fridge. I forgot how much I like puff pastry - even if it didn't really puff.
Mediterranean Quick Fix Tart
1 sheet of thawed puff pastry
Approx 3-4 tablespoons of pesto sauce
4-5 jarred artichoke hearts, sliced
A handful of jarred red peppers (sweet or hot) sliced
A handful of pitted olives, green or black
6 oz goats cheese, crumbled (you could alternatively use feta)
1 tablespoon of capers
Heat the oven to 400F
Roll out the puff pastry and place on a baking sheet. Make sure you have an edge around the outside so the filling doesn't ooze all over during baking.
Spread the pesto sauce over the base of the tart. It looks a bit like a newly mowed lawn!
Arrange the rest of the topping ingredients over the pesto. No artistic skill required.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until the pastry puffs (hopefully) and is golden. Remove from the oven and sprinkle over some fresh herbs from the garden. Drizzle over some olive oil if you wish. Best eaten warm from the oven. That won't be hard.
This looks scrumptious! I have some half empty jars of pesto, capers, artichokes hearts, goat cheese and olives! Just need the puff pastry and roasted peppers. xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a tasty looking "no-food-in-the-house" tart!
ReplyDeleteBoy, this a beautiful tart. I love the colors.
ReplyDeletelook nice Mary!
ReplyDeleteYum! If you can do that with no food in the house, I'd love to see what you fix after you've been to the store. :) It looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic supper, I've added all those ingredients on my shopping list, I'll be baking this one evening soon.
ReplyDeleteThese are the best kinds of tarts Mary! You're a woman after my own heart! I love to do this type of thing and your tart looks fabulously delicious!! xxoo
ReplyDeleteHello Mary, this goat's cheese and vegetable tart sounds delicious and definitely a recipe I will enjoy trying!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've put your blog link up on my own blog here:
reflectionsandnature.blogspot.com
so that those who visit me may discover your lovely recipes and I can see when you have put up something new to try out!
Have a lovely weekend! Sandra
P.S. I like the new photo of you sitting in an armchair with a mug of something warm!
Fabulous, my kind of "put it together" meal.
ReplyDeleteSam
You deserve a major pat on the back for pulling this together.
ReplyDeleteThat looks delicious!!! I will sometimes make a similar tart using salami or chorizo, plus whatever bits and bobs there are in the fridge and mozzarella. Always a success!
ReplyDeleteThis is a interesting tart just like sometime I fix my pizza.
ReplyDeletePuff pastry is a wonderful thing and your meal looks soooo good!
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT idea for a quick dinner fix Mary!
ReplyDeleteI just love pantry meals! We've made some of our most creative & delicious meals when we were too tired to go to the store on the way home. This looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI've made something similar...sheer heaven! I think yours without a recipe looks even better than mine with one :)
ReplyDeleteQuick save! Sounds and looks absolutely delicious. IO haven't made a tart like this in an age. Must make one soon.
ReplyDeleteOh yes - I love using puff pastry like this.Yours looked gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic! Don't you love when you pull things out of the fridge and they come together? Great flavors here.
ReplyDeleteOh wow I bet that tasted good. It is amazing what can be produced from 'nothing'!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for you kind thoughts and condolences, much appreciated. Diane
Gosh...I sure wish I had the ability to throw stuff together to make a delicious meal like this....
ReplyDeletelooks great.
That looks SO tasty... I haven't been blogging very regularly... I am so sorry I haven't visited in so long! Catching up on some of your posts now :)
ReplyDeleteI love dishes like this - the final outcome is a surprise! Your tart looks delicious! Besides, you can never go wrong with puff pastry :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks delicious. Isn't it amazing what we can come up with when we have 'nothing in!' Definitely making this.
ReplyDeletewow...very creative and delicious looking. what's the saying- necessity is the mother of invention!
ReplyDeleteGENIUS! I love that you used the puff pastry and pesto as the base. That sounds so darned good :)
ReplyDeleteAnother great recipe…it looks wonderfully delicious!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I love when things come together with minimal ingredients you happen to have on hand. I'm a big fan of all of these flavors!
ReplyDeleteMMM...these are totally my type of flavors!
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