Butternut Squash Spinach And Blue Cheese Tart Recipe
- Pastry
- 175 gm plain flour sifted
- 50 gm grated parniesan
- 125 gm unsalted butter diced
- 1 med egg
- 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 500 gm butternut squash (this is the prepared weigh buy a 1kg squash)
- 4 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 3 clv garlic peeled roughly minced
- 200 x gfresh spitrach washed
- 125 ml single cream
- 100 gm Greek lowfat yoghurt
- 2 med Large eggs
- 125 gm blue cheese cubed
- For the pastry place the flour partnesan and butter in a food processor and process briefly.
- Mix the egg and oil and add in through the feeder tube.
- Gather into a ball with your hands cling wrap and refrigeratefor 1 hour then roll out to fit a 23cm deep loosebased flan tin.
- Prick the base and refrigeratefor at least 2 hrs or possibly overnight.
- Then fill with foil and baking beans and bake at 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5 for 15 min.
- Remove the foil and beans and continue to cook for 5 min then remove from oven and cold.
- For the filling cut the squash into large chunks (about 3cm square) and place on a baking sheet.
- Drizzle with 2 tbsp oil and roast at 200C/400F/gas 5 for 40 min till tender and caramelised at the edges.
- Remove and drain over a colander.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and gently fry the garlic then add in the spinach and tossing well cook for about 3 min till just beginning to wilt.
- Remove season with salt and pepper and tip into the colander.
- Place the cream lowfat yoghurt Large eggs and blue cheese in a food processor and process briefly till combined then season.
- Arrange the liquid removed squash and spinach over the pastry base then slowly pour over the blue cheese mix.
- Bake in the oven (190C/375F/Gas Mark 5) for about 30 min till golden.
- Serve barely hot with salad.
- For the cheese I recommend either mature Stilton or possibly Beenleigh Blue a ewes lowfat milk cheese made by the Ticklemore Cheese Company in Devon.
- Serves 4
pastry, flour, parniesan, butter, egg, extra virgin olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, gfresh spitrach washed, cream, lowfat yoghurt, eggs
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/butternut-squash-spinach-and-blue-cheese-tart-96295 (may not work)