Caprese Tart
- Butter, for brushing pie tin
- Cornmeal, for sprinkling
- Pie dough (store bought, about 6 large pieces of dough)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 medium-sized round vine ripened tomatoes, sliced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/3-inch slices
- 10 basil leaves, for garnish
- Special equipment: 12 individual tartlet pans with removable bottoms
- Preheat oven on to 375 degrees F.
- To assemble tartlets: Take the tart pans and brush with butter and liberally sprinkle with cornmeal.
- Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 12 individual tarts.
- Dough circles should be larger than the pan to fit properly.
- Lay the dough rounds in the pans and press down to fill in the corners.
- Trim excess dough.
- Brush bottoms of dough shell with olive oil and sprinkle with the cheese.
- Bake for 6 minutes until bottom is cooked but blonde.
- Sprinkle the tomato slices with salt.
- Layer the tomato slices and mozzarella slices into the pan, overlapping the pieces in a circle, until all the ingredients are used.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake tarts for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Right before serving, garnish top with torn basil.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
butter, cornmeal, pie, parmesan, extravirgin olive oil, tomatoes, salt, fresh mozzarella, basil
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/caprese-tart-recipe.html (may not work)