Shiitake and Roasted Garlic Tart
- 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 13 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks plus 1 tablespoon) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 6 tablespoons cold water
- 3 unpeeled cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and finely chopped
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups half-and-half
- Prepare a medium-hot fire (450F) in a wood-fired oven or cooker.
- To make the dough, stir the flour and salt together in a bowl.
- Using your fingertips or a pastry blender, rub or cut the butter into the flour until some of the butter is in flakes and other pieces are the size of peas.
- Stir in the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until all of the ingredients are moistened.
- Form the dough into a ball.
- It will still look a little rough, with some streaks of butter.
- On a floured board, cut the dough in half, flatten each piece into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 3 days.
- The dough can also be frozen for 1 month.
- Roll out 1 disk into an 11-inch round.
- The dough should be 1/8 inch thick.
- Transfer it to a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom and fit it into the pan.
- Run a rolling pin over the top to remove the excess dough.
- Refrigerate the lined pan while making the filling.
- To make the filling, cut the stem ends from the garlic cloves, put the cloves in a small baking dish, and drizzle with olive oil.
- Roast until soft, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet until it shimmers.
- Add the mushrooms and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cook, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms soften, glisten, and squeak, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Remove the garlic from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Squeeze the insides of the cloves onto a work surface and chop finely.
- Place in a bowl.
- Whisk in the eggs and half-and-half.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Strew the mushrooms over the bottom of the lined tart pan and pour the custard over them.
- Put the pan on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Slide the sheet onto the hearth of the oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the crust is brown and the custard is puffed and golden brown.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
flour, salt, cold unsalted butter, cold water, garlic, olive oil, shiitake mushrooms, salt, eggs
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/shiitake-and-roasted-garlic-tart-391805 (may not work)