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Nici Wickes: Asparagus and mustard tart
Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
English - October 07, 2022 21:09 - 7 minutes - 6.79 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Asparagus is here and remember it’s a short season so make hte most of it with this gorgeous tart. It’s so simple to whip up and utterly delicious.
Asparagus and mustard tart
Serve 4-6
2 bunches (or about 20) medium thickness asparagus spears
1 sheet puff pastry
1 egg, beaten with a fork
150g sour cream or crème fraiche
½ cup grated parmesan + extra to serve
1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
½ teaspoon sea salt + decent grind black pepper
Drizzle of olive oil
Heat oven to 200 C.
Trim or snap the tough ends off the asparagus spears.
Line a tray with the pastry, twisting and pinching up the edges to form a rim if you need to. Brush the edges with the beaten egg.
Whisk together the sour cream (or crème fraiche) with Parmesan and mustard. Spread this over the pastry. Lay the trimmed asparagus on top, season with salt and pepper and drizzle over olive oil.
Bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden and cooked on the base too.
To serve, grind over some more pepper and grate over some Parmesan.
Nici’s Note: You could add chopped, crispy bacon or flakes of smoked salmon to this tart if you fancy it.
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