No-fuss ham & crème fraîche tart

No-fuss ham & crème fraîche tart

Puff pastry works well in savoury dishes as well as sweet. This light tart makes a simple and tasty summer snack

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put pastry on a baking sheet and score a line about 3cm inside to create a border. With a fork, prick inside the border only. Brush all over with the beaten egg.
  2. Bake the pastry for 12 mins until well risen. Spread the creme fraiche within the pastry border, season with pepper and return to the oven for a further 8-10 mins.
  3. Take from the oven when well coloured, drape the sliced ham over, then sprinkle with the parsley. Serve with a roast vegetable or tomato and red onion salad.
Try

Make it veggie

Replace the ham with mushrooms cooked in garlic butter.

Give it a twist

Stir 1 tbsp of Dijon mustard or horseradish cream into the crème fraîche.

Per serving

491 kcalories, protein 15.0g, carbohydrate 31.0g, fat 34.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 0.0g, salt 2.0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004.

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  • 08 August 2008

    Jayzee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous and so quick and easy to make! We added caramelised onions and baby tomatoes, add whatever you like to it and serve with salad.I'll definately be making this again!

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  • 21 August 2008

    JennyP rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Well, this deserves one star more than John's lemon curd effort, simply because you need to assemble more things (rather than just open a jar and plop the contents into a bowl). I really would have expected more from a man who judges Masterchef, and doles out criticism if he finds the contestant hasn't stretched themselves. Poor effort, Mr Torode!

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  • 13 August 2010

    stephski86 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I haven't made this exact recipe yet (will be making it tonight) but made a very similar one where I spread tomato puree on a puff pastry roll out sheet, then topped it with basil leaves, parma ham, red peppers and mozzarella and baked in the oven. It was like a puff pastry pizza!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 375.0g packet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • 100.0ml crème fraîche
  • 8 slices good-quality roast ham (cooked on the bone, then sliced, a deli will have it)
  • handful flat leaf parsley , roughly chopped
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Per serving

491 kcalories, protein 15.0g, carbohydrate 31.0g, fat 34.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 0.0g, salt 2.0 g

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