Smoked Salmon Tart for a Crowd
- 2 cups/310 grams all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Kosher salt
- 4 ounces/1 stick/120 grams unsalted butter, cold and cut in half-inch chunks
- 2 egg yolks, beaten with enough ice water to make 1/2 cup
- 8 ounces/1 cup/240 milliliters creme fraiche
- 3 tablespoons freshly grated horseradish, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 small sweet onion, very thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/4 pound/4 ounces/125 grams sliced smoked salmon
- 2 ounces/60 grams trout roe or wild salmon caviar (optional)
- 1 tablespoon snipped chives
- 1 teaspoon roughly chopped tarragon, or torn leaves
- Put flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the bowl of a food processor.
- Pulse briefly, then add butter all at once and whir until mixture resembles wet sand.
- Add egg and continue just until dough comes together.
- (Alternatively, cut butter into dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix by hand.)
- Knead dough lightly on counter-top, then divide into four pieces and form each into a ball.
- Wrap with plastic film and flatten to 1-inch-thick disks.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
flour, baking powder, kosher salt, unsalted butter, egg yolks, milliliters creme fraiche, freshly grated horseradish, mustard, lemon, ground black pepper, sweet onion, olive oil, trout, chives, tarragon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017049 (may not work)