Description
This Shallot Tart with Thyme and Anchovy makes an easy and very tasty lunch or supper. The combination of crisp buttery pastry, sweet shallots, fragrant thyme and salty anchovy is superb!
Ingredients
Scale
500 g (1lb) pack of ready-made puff pastry (get one made with butter if you can)
A little plain flour
A few sprigs of fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons of dried thyme
1 tin of anchovies
500 g (1lb) of shallots
150 g (5 oz) of mascarpone
Instructions
- Set your oven to 180 C, 350 F or Gas Mark 4.
- Lightly dust your oven tray with flour.
- Roll out the puff pasty into a large rectangle and place on your oven tray.
- Remove the skins from your shallots. The easiest way of doing this is to put them in a small saucepan, cover with boiling water and leave for 3 minutes. Then drain off the water and the skins will be easy to remove.
- Cut each peeled shallot in half. Place shallots in a small frying pan with a little butter and cook very gently until golden and softened. This should take around 10 minutes.
- Spread the mascarpone over the puff pastry. Leave a border of around 2 cm (1 inch) around the edge. This will mean that you get a lovely crispy edge of risen pastry.
- Sprinkle with thyme leaves and small pieces of anchovy. Then add the cooked shallots.
- Place the tart in the oven and cook for 20 minutes until the pastry is crispy and golden.
- The tart can be eaten hot, warm or at room temperature. I like it best hot.
Keywords: shallot tart, thyme, anchovy