Name: Fig & blue cheese tart
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g plain flour plus a little extra for rolling pastry; 100g plain wholemeal flour; 175g cold butter 150g diced into chunks; 100g walnut roughly chopped in a food processor; 3 eggs plus 2 yolks; 400g shallot sliced; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, plus extra to decorate; 200ml pot crème fraîche; 200ml double cream; 140g blue cheese - Danish Blue is a good vegetarian one; 3-4 figs halved, cut sides brushed with a little oil

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Fig & blue cheese tart

Fig & blue cheese tart

Sarah Cook

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Serves 6 - 8

Easy

Prep: 40 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 55 mins

Plus chilling

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This extra special tart with crumbly walnut pastry makes a fabulous vegetarian dinner

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g plain flour

plus a little extra for rolling pastry
100g plain wholemeal flour
175g cold butter

150g diced into chunks
100g walnut

roughly chopped in a food processor
3 eggs

plus 2 yolks
400g shallot

sliced
1 tbsp fresh thyme

leaves, plus extra to decorate
200ml pot crème fraîche
200ml double cream
140g blue cheese

- Danish Blue is a good vegetarian one
3-4 figs

halved, cut sides brushed with a little oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal978
fat81g
saturates41g
carbs46g
sugars8g
fibre5g
protein20g
salt1.35g

low

Method

step 1

First make the pastry. Tip the flours into a food processor with ½ tsp salt and the diced butter. Pulse until you can’t feel any lumps, then tip in the walnuts. Mix the egg yolks with 3 tbsp cold water, then dribble this into the machine while you pulse again until the pastry comes together. Tip the pastry out onto a floured surface, lightly bring it together into a ball, then roll out and line a deep 20-23cm tart tin with overhang. The pastry may crack, but just patch it back together, then cover and chill for 1 hr.
step 2

To make the filling, melt the remaining butter in a large pan, then add the shallots and soften for 10-15 mins, until golden and squishy. Stir in the thyme for 1 min, then remove from the heat. Beat the eggs in a jug with the crème fraîche and cream. Crumble in the cheese and season with pepper and a small amount of salt.
step 3

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Blind bake the pastry for 20 mins, remove the baking beans and paper, then bake for a further 15-20 mins until golden and sandy. Reduce the oven temp to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Add the cooled onions to the cream mixture and pour into the case. Sit the fig halves on top, cut side up, sprinkle with some more thyme and bake on the middle shelf for 1 hr-1hr 10 mins until the tart is browning and has a slight wobble – the cheese middle will firm up on sitting. Cool for about 15-20 mins, then remove from tin and serve with a green salad.

RECIPE TIPS

PASTRY

This crumbly, nutty walnut pastry is absolutely delicious, but a bit harder to work with than plain shortcrust. If you're nervous about making your own, simply buy a 500g ready-made pack, roll to a rough rectangle, top with the chopped walnuts, then fold in half and re-roll to line the tin.

Recipe from Good Food Vegetarian Christmas, December 2009

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