Zesty Asparagus and Chevin Tart

Name: Zesty Asparagus and Chevin Tart
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 200 g asparagus tips or young asparagus; 2 t (10 ml) olive oil; Salt and pepper; 1 roll puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten; 100 g chevin, roughly sliced and crumbled; Zest of 1 lemon

Zesty Asparagus and Chevin Tart

Author: Carey Boucher-Erasmus
Prep Time: 5
Cook Time: 15
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4-6
Category: Baking

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Description

This one will make your mouth water!

Ingredients

200 g asparagus tips or young asparagus
2 t (10 ml) olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 roll puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
100 g chevin, roughly sliced and crumbled
Zest of 1 lemon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200 ˚C.

Rub the asparagus with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat a griddle pan and grill the asparagus to bring out their flavour a bit (don’t overcook).

Trim the pastry to fit the length of the asparagus if need be and use a knife to score a 2 cm border around the edges (score gently so as not cut through the pastry).

Brush the pastry with beaten egg and arrange the asparagus in a neat row in the along the pastry length. Top with bits of chevin and season with salt and pepper.

Bake for 15 – 20 minutes until golden brown.

Sprinkle with lemon zest.

Delicious with slices of smoked salmon and a simple rocket salad.

TIP: Make smaller tarts for a picnic or to serve as a formal starter.

Carey Boucher-Erasmus

Carey has 10 years of extensive experience in the food industry. She is a freelance food consultant and has a popular blog called 'Bits of Carey'. Carey has been developing recipes, as well as doing the styling and photography for her regular feature, Midweek Meals in Crush since 2011. She has also written features for Food24 for a long time. Carey's food style is simple, fresh and unpretentious with a real ?eat me now? factor. Her favourite ingredients are fresh herbs, lemon, butter and bacon.