Two problems arose: First, you can't keep this tart. I always bake Sunday and bring my baking goods to work Monday, so this was a problem. And it seemed to be very difficult to make smaller tartes as the dough is not that easy to handle.
Secondly, for me the vegetables in the recipe are no summer vegetables in any way. Maybe I am living in the wrong part of the world, but peppersweets are never in season round here and mushrooms are more associated with autumn in Vienna.
I decided to make nests - my first try. I took smaller pieces of the dough and arranged them randomly in muffin pans. Next time, I learned, I would reverse the pans and put the dough around the "outside" to make sure it is through all the way and not only at the edges.
I filled the nests with a zucchini-tomato mix with a lot of fresh spices and "braid cheese", a very salted version of goat cheese (think dense salted haloumi in very small strips, arranged to a braid).
Like that, I liked it a lot. I served it with some spinach salad (with green beans and dried tomatoes), what made it a perfect summer dinner.But, as I said at the beginning, I am really not sure this counts as TWD...
If you want to find out what the other bakers did (I do! I am really curiuos what it SHOULD have looked like!) go to the TWD-page. And if you are interested in the original recipe of the Summer Vegetable Tart, just have a look in the book by Dorie Greenspan on page 436.
I love how your made your recipe. These look beautiful! What a great idea!! And it would be such a nice presentation for a party.
AntwortenLöschenThis is a great recipe, as so many veggies could be used in the filling.
Great job!!
It most definitely does count! I LOVE the little nest idea! They're beautiful little individual servings. And the braid cheese sounds wonderful. I almost used fresh mozzarella. Imagine tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil leaves in these little cups. I was in Vienna just before Christmas in 2011. It was magical! What an amazing city. And the food was fabulous. I am haunted by a simple salad that I had there with a very light dressing that seemed almost like sweetened vinegar. I'd give anything to be able to re-create it.
AntwortenLöschenGreat work! The nests look so cute. There is no reason not to use what is available to you. It makes reading all the posts more enjoyable. I too usually bake one day and send them off the next day. I hate it when the recipes say serve immediately. Though a lot of them do hold over well, even though the recipe states it doesn't.
AntwortenLöschenGreat job with this recipe! I loved that you made them individual…and they look so pretty! I thought of adding zucchini to mine!
AntwortenLöschenI think your nests look terrific! My tart was ugly, but delish just the same.
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