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Heirloom Tomato and SarVecchio Asiago Tart

Chef Michael Symon

Number of Servings: 12


Ingredients

Dough:

  • 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 8 ounces (1 cup) butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 3 cups dried beans, for baking weights

Filling:

  • 12 large heirloom tomatoes
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 4 eggs
  • 16 garlic cloves, roasted and pureed
  • 4 cups (approx. 1 pound) Sartori Reserve SarVecchio Asiago cheese, grated
  • 2 cups fresh basil, chopped, for garnish

Directions

Dough:

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Mix flour, butter, egg yolks and salt with pastry blender until the mixture forms crumbs. Add water and incorporate quickly, until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.
  3. Roll the dough in circle 1/8" thick. Line bottom and sides of each of twelve scalloped-edged 6-inch diameter tart pans with circles of dough (reroll the dough scraps as necessary). Place pieces of foil over the bottom dough crusts. Spread 1/4 cup dried beans over foil tart to prevent dough from rising. Bake about 10 minutes. Remove beans and set tarts aside.

Filling:

  1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  2. Peel and seed tomatoes. Cut into eighths.
  3. Mix together cream, eggs, roasted garlic puree and Asiago cheese. Divide and pour mixture into tarts. Top each with 5 tomato pieces. Bake for 20 minutes.
  4. Garnish each tart with the basil. Serve immediately.

Final Preparation:

  1. PGarnish each tart with the basil. Serve immediately.

Recipe courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board