Corn And Tomatoes Tart Recipes

DANIEL BOULUD'S CORN AND HEIRLOOM TOMATO TART RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• The Tart Shell Combine flour, butter and salt in a food processor and pulse until crumbs form. Add egg and pulse until mixture resembles moist curds. Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead once or twice to pull dough together. Flatten into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. (At this point, the dough can be kept refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for up to a month.) Center a rack in the oven and preheat to 350°F. Cut a 10-in.-dia. round of wax or parchment paper. Place a fluted 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom on a baking sheet. Lightly dust a work surface and the top of the dough with flour. Roll the dough out to approximately 10-in. diameter and 1/8-in. thick. Fit the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Trim excess dough even with the pan's rim and with the tines of a fork, poke a few holes on the bottom. Line the crust with the wax-paper round and fill with dried beans or rice. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Take pan out of oven and carefully remove the paper and beans, then bake crust for 3 to 5 minutes more, or until lightly browned. Transfer to a rack to cool. For the Filling Preheat oven to 300°F. Melt 1 T of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and cook, stirring for 4 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Add the corn with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and cook, stirring for 5 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the corn mixture into a medium bowl. Add the cream to the saucepan, bring to a simmer and then transfer to a blender. Puree until smooth and transfer to the bowl with the reserved corn. Whisk in whole eggs, yolks, 1/2 cup scallion, Tabasco, and another sprinkle of salt and pepper until well combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared tart shell and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the custard is set. Meanwhile, melt remaining butter, transfer to a medium bowl and toss with the remaining scallion, tomatoes, parmesan cheese, smoked paprika, breadcrumbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Once custard is set, arrange tomato mixture on top and return to the oven for 15 minutes, or until tomatoes are soft and crumbs are golden. Let tart rest for 20 minutes before slicing.

GOAT CHEESE AND TOMATO TART IN A CORNMEAL CRUST

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Cut butter into pieces.
• In a food processor pulse together flour, cornmeal, and salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add ice water and pulse until incorporated and mixture just forms a dough. Press dough evenly into bottom and up sides of a 10 1/2- by 7- by 1-inch rectangular tart pan with a removable fluted rim (see note, above) and roll a rolling pin over rim of pan to trim dough flush with rim. Chill crust about 20 minutes, or until firm.
• While crust is chilling, preheat oven to 375°F.
• Line crust with foil and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake crust in lower third of oven until edge is set, 10 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights or rice and bake crust 5 minutes more, or until just dry. Leave oven on and cool crust in pan on a rack (crust may crack slightly). Crust may be made 1 day ahead and kept, loosely covered with plastic wrap, at room temperature.
• Make custard:
• Chop basil. In a bowl whisk together basil and remaining custard ingredients and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour custard into crust, spreading evenly. Halve tomatoes and arrange, cut sides up, in one layer on custard, pressing lightly into custard. Season tomatoes with salt and pepper and bake tart in lower third of oven until custard is just set, about 25 minutes. Cool tart to warm in pan on rack. Tart may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before being chilled, covered, in pan. Reheat tart, uncovered, in a 350°F. oven or bring to room temperature before serving.
• Carefully remove rim from pan. Cut tart into roughly 2-inch pieces and serve warm or at room temperature.

FRESH CORN AND TOMATO TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Combine the eggs, cheese, corn, chilies, spices, and scallions (if using) into a bowl and mix well.
• Pour mixture into the pie shell, and smooth over the top.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until center is firm to the touch.
• Remove tart form oven, and immediately top with sliced tomatoes.
• Sprinkle tops of tomatoes with cilantro and serve.
• Fresh salsa or sour cream make nice garnishes.