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Fennel & Comté Tart
This Fennel Tart makes a tasty light lunch, and is perfect in a lunch box or for a picnic.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 231 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Appetizer , Snacks , Lunch
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 500 grams shortcrust pastry
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium fennel finely sliced*
- 100 grams young Comté cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon fennel herbs snipped from the fronds, for garnishing
- 1 tablespoon mature Comté cheese finely grated
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat the oil on medium heat and lightly sauté the sliced fennel till golden brown.
- Preheat fan oven to 170℃/330℉ (non-fan 190℃/375℉), and roll out the pastry.**
- Grease a 9-inch tart case and line with the pastry, pressing down gently, ensuring it comes up just over the sides. Using a fork, make holes in the base of the pastry, then cover with parchment paper and baking beans. Bake for 15 minutes, then remove parchment paper and baking beans.
- Turn down the oven to fan 150℃/300℉ (non-fan 170℃/330℉), and bake for a further 10 minutes to dry out the damp areas.
- Allow to cool before covering the pastry with a layer of sliced Comté cheese.
- Cover the cheese with the browned slices of fennel till fully covered.
- Turn up the oven to fan 170℃/330℉ (non-fan 190℃/375℉) and bake the tart for 10 minutes till cheese has melted.
- Remove from the oven, and garnish with grated mature Comté and snippets of fennel herbs, cut from the fronds. Serve the tart warm or at room temperature
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Notes
- ** For further details on how to roll and pre-bake shortcrust pastry, see here.
- How to cut fennel
- Wash the fennel, then slice off the fronds at the top.
- Cut the fennel bulb vertically down the middle.
- Cut out the hard core at the bottom of the bulb.
- Thinly slice the fennel vertically or horizontally.
Nutrition Information
Calories
231kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
17g
(6%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
192mg
(8%)
Potassium
202mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
210IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
5mg
(6%)
Calcium
193mg
(19%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 231
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 231kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 17g | 6% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 192mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 202mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 210IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 193mg | 19% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.