Tomato Tarts

I was having a ‘Martha Stewart’ day yesterday.

Literally.

After a week of playing with my girlfriends while Hubby was gone topped by the holiday, I did very little kitchen time.

I couldn’t wait to get back to normal and start cooking and blogging again.

While I was looking for a side dish to go with the grilled shrimp skewers, Martha Stewart was on the Today Show and made these cute little tarts.

Perfect!

Easy ingredients: puff pastry, tomatoes, cheese (I used Fontina), basil and olive oil.

Cut the puff pastry into circles, top with cheese and tomatoes.

Brush with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake. Cool. Top with fresh basil.

Voila!

How do you like dem tomatoes?

P.S. My blog format is a little different today. I upgraded to WordPress 3.2 and it didn’t take that well. We’re working on a fix!

Tomato Tarts

A Kitchen Muse: Martha Stewart

Recipe type: Side Dish, Appetizer

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 45 mins

Serves: 8

An easy to make appetizer using fresh Summer tomatoes!

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with racks in upper and middle thirds.
Lightly flour a rolling pin and work surface and roll out puff pastry to a 14-by-16-inch rectangle.
With a 4-inch cookie cutter, cut out 10 rounds and transfer to two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets; with a fork, prick each round all over.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cheese on each, leaving a ¼-inch border, and top with 1 tomato slice.
Brush with oil and season with pepper.
Bake until pastry is deep golden at edges, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
Let tarts cool completely on a wire rack. (Store between layers of parchment in an airtight container, up to one day.)
To serve, top with basil.

6 comments on “Tomato Tarts”

Kelly on July 7, 2011 at 10:33 am said:

These are so cute and look delicious! What a great idea!

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lindalyell on July 7, 2011 at 10:37 am said:

Thanks Kelly. They are really easy to make!

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Heidi @ Food Doodles on July 7, 2011 at 1:57 pm said:

Yum! Who doesn’t love tomatoes and basil, but add puff pastry and cheese and these are amazing! I need to try these for sure

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Tina@flourtrader on July 7, 2011 at 3:31 pm said:

thanks for sharing this nice little appetizer, I have saved it to make when we have guests. I did have problems accessing your site early this morning, but no problem now.

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- lindalyell on July 7, 2011 at 7:33 pm said:
  
  thanks for not giving up on me! so frustrating when the ‘system’ is down!
  
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