Cheesy Tomato and Zucchini Mini Tarts
- 12 each tomatoes cocktail or 20 cherry tomatoes, slice into 1/4-inch thick
- 1 small zucchini green or yellow, slice into about 18-inch half-moon slices
- 1 x salt
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin
- 3 cloves garlic or as needed, finely chopped, or minced
- 23 cup ricotta cheese
- 23 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 4 tablespoons basil freshly chopped, for serving
- 113 cups flour, all-purpose or whole wheat flour, or half white flour and half whole wheat four
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted cold and cut into small chunks
- 3 1/2 tablespoons water iced, or a little bit more
- To make the tart shells:
- Butter 4 4-inch tart pans with butter.
- Add the flour, sugar, salt, olive oil, butter and water into a food processer, pulse until all the ingredients come together, and the dough forms, adding about 1 tablespoon more water if the dough seem too dry.
- Turn the dough onto a cutting board, and knead for a few times until smooth.
- Divide into 4 equal portions.
- Using your fingers push the dough into the prepared tart pan, all the way up to the sides.
- With a fork pierce the bottom of shell several times.
- Put the tart shells into the freezer, and let freeze for about 25 to 35 minutes, or even overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- Take the frozen tart shells out, and place a piece of tin foil on each shell.
- Put the pie weight or dry beans or rice over the tin foil.
- Place on a baking sheet.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Remove the foil and pie weight, and keep baking the shell for another 7 minutes or so.
- Place the shells on a ware rack.
- Set side.
- To make the filling:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- While the tart shells are frozen and baking, prepare the fillings.
- Line the sliced tomatoes and zucchini on several clean paper towels, sprinkling the salt over, and let sit for about 40 minutes.
- Then dry the top again with extra paper towels.
- In a bowl mix together both of the cheeses, 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, half of the garlic, salt and black pepper to taste until well combined.
- In another small bowl, add the remaining extra-virgin olive oil and garlic, and stir well.
- Spoon the cheese mixture equally into the shells, and spread it evenly.
- Top with sliced cherry tomatoes and zucchini as picture shows.
- Spoon the garlic-olive oil mixture over the tomatos and zucchinis.
- Bake for about 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove the rings of tarts.
- Top with some freshly chopped basil.
- Serve and enjoy!
tomatoes, zucchini, salt, olive oil, garlic, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, basil freshly, flour, sugar, salt, olive oil, butter, water
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/cheesy-tomato-zucchini-mini-tar-52475 (may not work)