This olive and parmesan tart has olives and parmesan, with leeks and cream in a pastry case. Need I say more? It’s a small piece of rich and tangy heaven on your plate. It’s great straight out of the oven, or on a picnic you feel seriously lucky as you munch into it.
It uses puff pastry, so the only ‘cooking’ needed is frying some leeks and then popping the whole thing in the oven for half an hour. The rest is just putting ingredients into the pastry case. The tart you then pull out of the oven bears no relationship to the amount of effort involved – it is far far superior.
I have used a 375 g piece of pre rolled pastry for this recipe. To make it fit the tin I roll out the pastry a little more so it comes up the edges of the tin and then cut off the excess.
It’s best made with olives not stored in brine. If these are the only olives you can get, then just make sure you give them a really good shake before popping them in the pastry case.
I use a tin with a removable base for this tart. Once it’s cooked and cooled a little, I put it on a tin of beans and then carefully pull the sides of the tin down. I then slide two spatulas under the pastry and put the whole thing on the serving dish. I use the spatulas to lift the tart and pull the base out
Olive and parmesan tart recipe
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 2 leeks
- 1 tbsp oil
- 250 g / 8 ½ oz puff pastry
- 260 g / 9 oz pitted olives, a mix of green and black
- 110 g / 4 oz parmesan
- 3 eggs
- 100 ml / 3 fl oz double or heavy cream
- 14 g / ½ oz fresh thyme
- salt and freshly ground pepper
23 cm / 9” flan tin
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / 180 C fan / 395 F / Gas mark 6.
- Chop the leeks into thin coins.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and over a gentle heat fry the leeks until there are soft.
- Roll out the pastry, so that it fits your particular tin and carefully line the tin with it.
- Grate the parmesan. Scatter a handful of cheese over pastry, then add the leeks and olives. Top with the rest of the cheese.
- Keeping 3 thyme stalks on the side, these will go on the top of the tart, remove the leaves from the rest of the stalks.
- Break the eggs into a measuring jug and whisk up using a fork. Pour in the cream. Add the salt and pepper and thyme leaves and stir well.
- Pour the egg mixture over the olives. Use the wrong end of the fork to make little holes in the mixture to allow the egg mixture to reach the bottom of the base. Top with thyme stalks.
- Bake in the oven for 25 – 30 minutes. I turn the tart around five minutes from the end to ensure it is lightly browned all over.
- Leave in the tin for ten minutes to cool a little and then serve.
Nutrition
- Carbohydrates: 21g
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Oh wow this looks so good! Reading these recipes makes me so hungry…particularly looking at the photos x
Hi Laura,
Thanks so much, that means a lot! Hope we get to see you guys soon. xx
This tart was so quick and easy to make, and so delicious! Enjoyed by all the family, can’t wait to make it again
Hi Kim,
Brilliant it went down well with all the family, so pleased. Great to see you today and your gorgeous giraffe!
xx