Corn and Lobster Tart
- Pastry for a 9-inch tart
- Flour for rolling
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (from about 2 ears)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh tarragon
- Pinch cayenne
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1 1/4-pound lobster boiled or steamed, shucked and diced
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- Salt and ground black pepper
- Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 9-inch straight-sided tart pan or a pie pan.
- Prick bottom, line with foil and add pastry weights.
- Bake 10 minutes, until pastry starts to look dry.
- Remove foil and weights and bake 5 or so minutes more, until pastry is lightly colored.
- Remove from oven but leave oven on.
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Add onion and cook on low until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in corn, tarragon and cayenne.
- Stir in milk.
- Bring to a simmer.
- Remove from heat.
- In a bowl, beat eggs and cream together and slowly stir into the pan.
- Add lobster.
- Stir in lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle mixture into prepared tart shell.
- Bake 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake about 20 minutes more, until top is firm to the touch and very lightly browned, and a knife inserted in the filling comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving.
pastry, flour, unsalted butter, onion, corn kernels, tarragon, cayenne, milk, eggs, heavy cream, lobster, lemon, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017627 (may not work)