MEDITERRANEAN PUFF PASTRY TART
Ingredients
- 280g/10oz ready-rolled light puff pastry
- 200g/7oz baby courgettes
- cut into 15mm/â…�in slices
- 1 large red pepper
- cored
- seeds removed
- cut into 2cm/¾in chunks
- 1 large yellow pepper
- cored
- seeds removed
- cut into 2cm/¾in chunks
- 1 red onion
- cut into 2cm/¾in chunks
- 4 garlic cloves
- sliced
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- leaves picked and finely chopped
- 4 sprigs thyme
- leaves picked
- olive oil spray
- 1 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
- 100g/3½oz cherry tomatoes
- halved
- 75g/2¾oz goats’ cheese
- crumbled
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Using a sharp knife
- trim the sheet of puff pastry to 25 x 28cm/10 x 11in. Place it on a baking tray lined with baking parchment and score a border 2cm/¾in in from the edge all the way round. Prick the pastry within the margin
- using a fork. Leave to rest in the fridge for about an hour. Meanwhile
- preheat the oven to 240C/220C Fan/Gas 9.
- Put the courgettes
- pepper and red onion into a large bowl. Add the garlic and herbs and season generously with salt and pepper. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment
- lay the vegetables on it and spray 15–20 times with oil.
- Brush the puff pastry all over with the milk and sprinkle with a little salt. Cook on the middle shelf of the oven
- with the vegetable tray on the top shelf above
- for 15 minutes
- rotating both trays halfway through to ensure even colouring. Remove both trays from the oven and reduce the temperature to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3. Set the vegetables aside.
- Press the inside of the pastry down and return to the oven for 25 minutes to get a super-crisp base.
- Take the tart case out of the oven and increase the temperature to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Tip the roasted vegetables into the tart case
- scatter over the cherry tomatoes and goats’ cheese and season with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 20–25 minutes until the vegetables are cooked through and the cheese is softening and colouring at the edges. Cut the tart into quarters and serve.

