ASPARAGUS TART WITH GRUYERE CHEESE
Servings: 4
Calories: 564kcal
This beautiful side dish or appetizer will steal the show at your next get-together. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
- 1 sheet Frozen Puff Pastry thawed but still cool.
- 1 1/2 c Gruyere Cheese shredded.
- 1 lb. Asparagus thin-medium spears if possible. Snap the ends off each spear and then trim even shorter if needed.
- Balsamic Reduction
- Salt & Pepper
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Lightly flour work surface.
- Unfold thawed puff pastry and roll out into a 10-16 inch rectangle.
- Slice off a thin edge of the pastry all around. This ensures a more even rising of the dough.
- Lightly score the dough 1 inch from the edges and all the way around the rectangle. Be careful not to cut the dough all the way through.
- Pierce the dough with a fork several times within the interior rectangle.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden.
- Watch closely.
- Take out of the oven and let cool.
- When ready to prepare and cook
- Sprinkle the crust with Gruyere Cheese.
- Trim the asparagus to fit the crust crosswise and arrange it on the crust alternating tips and ends. Press down lightly.
- Brush the entire rectangle with olive oil including the crust edges.
- Season with Salt & Pepper.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until spears are tender and cooked through.
- Remove from the oven and drizzle with Sweet Balsamic Reduction.
- This is a terrific recipe with many presentation options. Have fun with it.
- Yum!!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 564kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 321mg | Potassium: 306mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1325IU | Vitamin C: 6.4mg | Calcium: 534mg | Iron: 4.1mg