French Chicken Tart Recipes

FRENCH CHICKEN TART

Steps:

• Line a 10" tart or pie pan with unbaked pie crust. Layer cheese and chicken over pie crust. Sprinkle with flour and top with black olives - Refrigerate.
• In frying pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion rings, sugar, salt & pepper; cook, stirring frequently, until brown. Stir in chicken broth and lemon juice.
• Pour mixture over cheese and chicken in refrigerated pie crust. Arrange reserved onion rings over top and coat with cooking spray.
• Cover with foil and bake in 375º oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until golden brown, about 25 minutes.
• Let rest 15 minutes before slicing. Garnish with black olive slices and parsley.

FRENCH APPLE TART

Steps:

• For the pastry, rub the butter into the flour, sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl until crumbly. Mix in the egg until it forms a dough, then form into a puck shape. Cover and chill for at least 30 mins. Will keep chilled for two days.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to roughly the thickness of a £1 coin, and use to line a 23cm fluted tart tin, leaving some overhanging. Line with a disc of baking parchment big enough to cover the edges, and fill with some baking beans to weigh it down (use dried rice or lentils if you don't have baking beans). Bake for 15 mins, then remove the parchment and beans and bake for 10-15 mins more until the pastry is biscuity. Trim away any overhanging pastry with a serrated knife. Set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, set aside four of the apples, then peel, core and roughly chop the rest. Put them in a shallow saucepan with 2 tbsp water, all but 1 tbsp of the sugar and the alcohol, if using. Cover and cook over a low heat for 25-30 mins, stirring occasionally and adding more water if needed, until the apples have collapsed into a purée. Taste the mixture and sweeten with more sugar, if needed.
• Turn the oven up to 210C/190C fan/gas 8. Peel, core and halve the reserved apples, then cut into even-sized slices. Spread the apple purée over the base of the tart case, then arrange the apple slices in neat, concentric circles, starting from the outside. Brush the apples with butter, then scatter over the reserved sugar and bake for another 20-25 mins until golden.
• Mix the jam with 1 tbsp hot water from a freshly boiled kettle. When the tart has finished baking, glaze generously with the jam, then leave to cool a little. Serve warm or cold, dusted with icing sugar, if you like.

FRENCH ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Sprinkle the inside of the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt, and then smear in 1 tablespoon of the butter.
• Truss and dry the chicken, and rub the skin with the other half of the butter.
• Baste: Melt butter in a small saucepan with cooking oil.
• Leave on stovetop with a basting brush for later use.
• Back to the chicken: Place the chicken, breast side up, in a shallow small roasting pan.
• Scatter the veggies around it, and set it on the rack in the preheated oven.
• Allow the chicken to brown slightly for 15 minutes, turning on the left side after 5 minutes, then onto the right side for the last 5 minutes.
• Baste with butter quickly after each turn so that the oven does not lose a lot of heat.
• Reduce heat to 350.
• Leave chicken on its side, baste every 8 to 10 minutes, using the butter in the bottom of the roasting pan once you have used up all of the baste in your bowl.
• Watch and adjust oven heat so that the chicken is noisy, but fat is not burning.
• Halfway through estimated roasting time (which is 70-80 minutes; so after about 35 minutes), salt the chicken and turn it onto its other side.
• Continue to baste regularly.
• 15 minutes before end of estimated roasting time, salt again and flip chicken breast side up.
• Continue to baste regularly.
• Chicken will be done when drumstick moves easily in socket and juices run a clear yellow.
• Let sit on a platter 5 to 10 minutes before carving.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the roasting pan.
• Stir in shallot or onion and cook slowly for 1 minute.
• Add stock and boil rapidly over high heat, scraping up bits that are stuck in the pan witha wooden spoon.
• reduce to about 1/2 cup.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Off heat just before serving, swirl in the last 1 to 2 tablespoons butter by bits until it is absorbed.
• Pour a spoon of the sauce onto the chicken, then pour the rest into a gravy boat and serve with the chicken.

CHICKEN TART

Steps:

• Sift the flour and a pinch of salt into a bowl.
• Rub in the butter and lard and mix to a stiff dough with cold water.
• Roll out the pastry on a floured board and use to line a 8 - 9 inch flan tin.
• Prick the base, line with foil and fill with dried beans.
• Bake at 400 F for 15 minutes.
• Remove the beans and foil, and return the pastry to the oven for another 5 - 15 minutes or until crisp and golden brown.
• Cut the chicken into small pieces.
• Put the cream into a small saucepan and heat gently.
• Add chicken, lemon juice and tarragon, and season well with salt and pepper.
• Heat gently until the chicken is hot, then turn the filling into the pastry case. Serve with salads.

TARTE AU CAMEMBERT (FRENCH CHEESE TART)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Beat eggs in a medium bowl; add heavy cream, green onions, salt, and pepper and mix well. Pour into the crust.
• Slice Camembert thinly and add to the filling. Place tart on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden and cheese is melted and a bit crunchy, about 25 minutes. Serve immediately.

ENCHILADA CHICKEN TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F; spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add corn; cook until thawed and crisp-tender.
• Stir in chicken and chilies. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream and 1/2 cheese. Cool 5 minutes.
• Unroll dough into pan. Gently press into 10 inch square. Spread about 2 tbsp of the enchilada sauce over dough. Spoon chicken mixture over sauce to within 2 inches of each edge.
• Drizzle 1/4 cup enchilada sauce over chicken mixture. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese. Fold edge of dough up over filling, rounding corners and pleating dough as necessary.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and filling is bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• Heat remaining enchilada sauce.
• Cut tart into wedges and serve with tomatoes, lettuce, and warm enchilada sauce.