Courgette & Parmesan tart

Courgette & Parmesan tart

With a sheet of ready-rolled pastry at the ready, you can make a smart tart for supper in no time at all

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 45 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Unroll the pastry onto a baking sheet and score a border 2cm in from the edge.
  2. Toss the courgettes and garlic with the olive oil and lots of seasoning.
  3. Mix the mascarpone with half the Parmesan and spread inside the border. Arrange the courgettes in overlapping rows. Bake for 15 minutes, then scatter with Parmesan. Bake for another 15-20 minutes.

Per serving

566 kcalories, protein 11.7g, carbohydrate 29.9g, fat 45.2 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2.1g, salt 1.23 g

Recipe from olive magazine, May 2009.

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  • 16 April 2009

    Angie's rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was very easy and gorgeous! I used twice as much garlic and half-fat creme fraiche instead of mascarpone, worked great. Very moreish!!

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  • 27 April 2009

    gill.g rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A very easy recipe. I too used a lot more garlic. I don't think a recipe like this comes easier - it turned out great!

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  • 06 May 2009

    Katharine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Only had two courgettes, so sliced them very thinly and it ended being the perfect amount. Followed the other users advice and used three cloves of garlic. Also used creme fraiche instead of marscapone. This is so fantastic and so so easy, not to mention pretty! Try it tonight!!

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  • 10 May 2009

    Luscokitty rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for tea last night, but followed Katharine's tip for a lower calorie version, it was delicious and i will definitely be making this a lot; Also in individual portion sizes for starters and picnics.

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  • 11 May 2009

    Aelish commented on this recipe

    I made this over the weekend and even my family members who don't "love" zucchini (courgettes) raved about it! I think it's about the easiest and tastiest thing ever! I am thinking of substituting skim milk ricotta next time, just to bring the calorie count down a bit.

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  • 20 May 2009

    Clare McNulty rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious tart for a mid-week supper or for entertaining. Served it with a simple salad of sliced tomatoes, cucumber and little gem lettuce, drizzled with balsalmic glaze. I used Gordon Ramsay's rough puff pastry recipe rather than the ready rolled: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2403/roughpuff-pastry- and was amazed at the result! I consider myself to be a good cook but a disaster at pastry making but it turned out so well! Very chuffed. I took note of the other user's tips and used 4 cloves of garlic; that gave it a lovely flavour. I only needed 2 medium-sized courgettes, any more would have been too many. Partner was very impressed because he is the master baker/pastry maker; I was just so excited to be beating him at his own game! :-D. Just make this now and bask in the compliments!

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  • 20 May 2009

    Clare McNulty commented on this recipe

    Sorry, meant to say I also used half fat creme fraiche - it was still very rich and tasty so wonder if you could get away with non-fat creme fraiche or Greek yoghurt...

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  • 26 May 2009

    suzi commented on this recipe

    Very very easy to make and extremely tasty. I used half fat creme fraiche and it was fine. Will definately be making this again.

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  • 22 July 2009

    MONS RECIPES rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made the recipe as sugested with a little extra garlic. Really tasty, easy to make and impressed everyone. I will make it again.

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  • 05 August 2009

    Sonali rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this recipe a few days ago and it was absolutely delicious! I followed three suggestions from other reviewers: I used creme fraiche instead of marscapone cheese, put a little more garlic in than the recipe asks for, and made four small tarts instead of one large one. Firstly, the creme fraiche worked beautifully. I think marscapone would have made the tarts too rich for me. Secondly, I used three cloves of garlic and actually think this was a bit too much. Next time I only use two and will use four small(ish) courgettes, instead of three. My boyfriend and I ate two of the tarts for dinner, when still hot, and saved the remaining two for a picnic the next day. They were wonderful hot or cold. I would highly recommend making them. They were so easy to make the result was so impressive, especially as four individual tarts.

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  • 21 August 2009

    snads commented on this recipe

    OMG that was delish - made it with shortcut pastry tho, and used single cream (using up left overs!) - was very nice and not too heavy. look forward to doing it again, our veg patch is awash with corgettes!

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  • 02 September 2009

    mooingzelda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely gorgeous! Made it with all of the ingredients as stated and it turned out to be extremely delicious and very filling. I made two separate tarts instead of one big one though and had quite a lot of courgette left over - I think that two courgettes would suffice if making it in two parts.

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  • 21 October 2009

    Joanne Ruffell rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was delicious. I also added extra garlic and used double cream instead of mascarpone as it was all I had. My two young children, aged 2 and 4, had 3 servings each!

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  • 22 October 2009

    Fran rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious! I have made a variation on a second occasion, using blanched broccoli florets as I didn't have any courgettes - it also worked really well.

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  • 14 November 2009

    Tim Child rated this recipe

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    02 January 2010

    Di rated this recipe

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  • 19 July 2010

    Rachel rated and commented on this recipe

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    Wow! I was so impressed with this recipe - dead easy to prepare, only a few ingredients and a real wow-factor at the table. I was slightly nervous about the creamy cheese base as my pastry has a tendency to go soggy, but it turned out fine. I tried this a second time and it even worked with gluten-free pastry. Will be a regular in our house from now on.

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  • 21 July 2010

    Nicola commented on this recipe

    Hi planning on making this, but wonder did anyone make it up to 24hrs in advance - wondering will the pastry go all soggy?? Thx

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  • 27 July 2010

    Patricia commented on this recipe

    I was disappointed, having read all the above comments, why was my pastry just soggy underneath?

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  • 28 July 2010

    Nicola commented on this recipe

    I toyed with making this a few hours in advance, but decided not to as may go soggy. Anyway made with 1/2 fat creme fraiche as other had and served with nice green salad (both salad leaves & courgettes from my garden), so very happy. Plan to make again this week!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 45 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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Per serving

566 kcalories, protein 11.7g, carbohydrate 29.9g, fat 45.2 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2.1g, salt 1.23 g

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