Zucchini Ricotta Pesto Tart. – Half Baked Harvest

Sharing certainly one of my favourite zucchini recipes, Zucchini Ricotta Pesto Tart. That is Creamy ricotta cheese blended with parmesan cheese, garlic, and thyme unfold over an all-butter puff pastry. Prepare thinly sliced zucchini over the ricotta and bake the tart till the cheese is melty and the crust is golden and excellent. As soon as out of the oven, high with basil pesto, honey, and contemporary basil. Probably the most scrumptious garden-style tart.

As we enter August, my greatest purpose is to make the most of essentially the most ample produce proper now: tomatoes, corn, zucchini, peppers, and naturally, the in-season stone fruits and berries.

Summer season and fall are my favourite seasons relating to climate and available produce. Tomatoes and corn are, after all, so scrumptious, however they do are usually used loads in summer time recipes. Zucchini, whereas nonetheless frequent, just isn’t used sufficient. I see it loads in bread recipes, perhaps sautéed into stir-fries or utilized in salads, however I like to have enjoyable and use zucchini in different methods. It’s so versatile!

I’ve made a number of zucchini pasta dishes, a handful of pizzas, and plenty of zucchini bread, however that is my first tart. It’s principally a zucchini pizza however with pastry dough.

So, after all, it’s scrumptious!

It was my mother that helped me land on this recipe. She talked about {that a} tomato tart sounded yummy. That bought me considering, “nicely, tomato tarts are fairly frequent, what a few zucchini tart as a substitute?”

I knew it could be good, so as a substitute of overthinking the recipe, I simply made it. Wow, so glad I went for it as a result of this tart is so good!

Step 1: combine the ricotta

For the very best consequence and taste, use complete milk ricotta. Add some parmesan, garlic, contemporary thyme, and a pinch of chili flakes.

You should utilize thyme, rosemary, or oregano. I believe any of those will probably be nice!

Step 2: the zucchini

Subsequent, thinly minimize the zucchini utilizing a Y-shaped vegetable peeler. I like this one.

Lay the zucchini on a clear kitchen towel, salt it, and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. The salt will draw out any extra moisture. Dab the zucchini dry to forestall the tart from turning into soggy.

Step 3: roll the pastry out

As an alternative of creating home made pastry, I virtually all the time use puff pastry from the freezer.

Be sure that the pastry is thawed, then roll it out to a big rectangle.

Step 4: assemble

Now you’ll be able to layer every thing on. I begin with the ricotta, then layers and layers of the zucchini. The final layer is the addition of parmesan.

Now you’ll be able to bake. As quickly because the tart comes out of the oven, spoon over the basil pesto, add contemporary basil, and drizzle with honey. I all the time discover a sprinkle of sea salt with the honey to be additional delicious!

Easy but excellent – a low-key dinner with a aspect salad or perhaps a yummy steak! You too can serve this as an appetizer. Both route you select will probably be scrumptious!

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