Three Allium Courgette Tart With Smoked Chilli

Caramelised onions, leeks and wet garlic give a lovely sweet taste to this delicious recipe for three allium courgette tart. The chilli paste gives a gently smokey flavour, the chocolate adds depth and the cheese adds a salty creaminess.

Three Allium Courgette Tart

Several things combined to bring forth this three allium smoked chilli courgette tart. I had some onions and some recently dug up leeks which were well past their best before date. It’s the season when onions are sprouting and leeks are bolting. We also had some wet garlic delivered in our occasional top up veg box. Likewise I had a courgette in the bottom of the fridge which was definitely past its best.

Although I’ve been using the Gran Luchito smoked chilli paste I was sent some time ago, I hadn’t created a specific recipe for it. I also wanted to take part in this month’s Tea Time Treats which is all about tarts and pies.

Since making my rhubarb and almond cream pasty pie, I have been won over by yogurt pastry. It makes for a particularly light and flaky pastry which almost melts in the mouth. So this was the one I was going to use for my three allium tart. As it happened, I ended up with a little bit of pastry left over, so I also made some mini chocolate cheesecake tarts for pudding.

The tart wasn’t quite done when I took the pictures, so it went back into the oven for a few more minutes. We ate it hot for supper with a load of white sprouting broccoli, then had it cold the next day. It was equally delicious both times and I reckoned the pastry was the best ever. The chocolate tarts were also rather good.

Other Savoury Tarts You Might Like

• Asparagus tarts
• Green vegetable galette
• Puff pizza pies
• Roasted beetroot galette
• Tomato galette with homemade basil pesto
• Vegetarian spring quiche

If these don’t do it for you, there’s plenty of other ideas in my tarts, pies & pastries category. And for even more pastry ideas why not head over to my Tasty Tarts & Pastry Pies board on Pinterest?

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Three Allium Courgette Tart with Smoked Chilli

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Three Allium Smoked Chilli Courgette Tart

Caramelised onions, leeks and wet garlic give a lovely sweet taste to this delicious courgette tart. The chilli paste gives a gently smokey flavour, the chocolate adds depth and the cheese adds a salty creaminess.

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Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time50 minutes mins

Resting Time30 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: British

Keyword: courgettes, leeks, pastry, quiche, tarts

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 428kcal

Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Equipment

• 23 cm (9 inch) loose bottomed tart tin (affiliate link) optional

Ingredients

• 200 g flour (7oz) half wholemeal spelt, half white
• 115 g salted butter (4oz)
• 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
• 1 onion sliced
• 1 leek washed & sliced
• 1 wet garlic washed & sliced
• 1 tsp Gran Luchito smoked chilli paste
• 10 g 100% chocolate grated
• 1 courgette (zucchini) thinly sliced
• 120 g mature cheddar cheese (4oz) – grated
• 3 eggs (I used 2 large duck eggs)
• 150 ml milk (5 fl oz)
• 4-6 sprig fresh parsley chopped

Instructions

• Make the pastry by cutting the butter into the flour with a knife. Rub between your hands until bread crumb consistency. Add the yogurt and 1-2 tbsp of water and stir with the knife until the pastry starts coming together. Form a ball with your hands, place in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 mins or so.
  200 g flour, 115 g salted butter, 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
• Meanwhile, fry the onions gently in a frying pan with 1 tbsp of rapeseed oil. After a few minutes add the leek, followed by the garlic slices. Fry over a gently heat, stirring occasionally for about 15 minutes until lightly caramelised.
  1 onion, 1 leek, 1 wet garlic
• Remove from the heat and stir in the chilli paste. Allow to cool a little.
  1 tsp Gran Luchito smoked chilli paste
• Roll out the pastry and line a 23 cm (9″) loose bottom tart tin. Prick the bottom and bake for 10 minutes at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4).
• Spread the onion mixture over the bottom of the pastry case. Grate half of the chocolate over the top. Arrange the courgette slices over this, then top with the grated cheese.
  1 courgette (zucchini), 120 g mature cheddar cheese, 10 g 100% chocolate
• Beat the eggs together with the milk, parsley and remaining chocolate then pour over the cheese.
  3 eggs, 150 ml milk, 4-6 sprig fresh parsley
• Bake at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for about 40 minutes until the top is golden and the middle has set, but before the pastry has burnt.
• Remove the tart from the tin and serve warm or cold.

Notes

Feel free to omit the chocolate if it doesn’t grab you and swap the chilli paste for homemade or your preferred brand.

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.

Nutrition Estimate

Calories: 428kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 147mg | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 265mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1209IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 3mg

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Tea Time Treats with Jane from The Hedge Combers and Karen from Lavender and Lovage was the challenge that kicked me into action. The theme is open top tarts, pies and quiches.

This tart just saved my onion, leek and courgette from having to be thrown into the compost bucket, so I am entering it into the No Waste Food Challenge over at Elizabeth’s Kitchen but hosted this month by Janice over at Farmersgirl Kitchen.

I haven’t planted any parsley so far this year, but luckily CT was recently given a bunch, so I was able to use it in this tart which makes it eligible for Cooking with Herbs over at Lavender and Lovage.

As this had an unplanned courgette added to the tart I am sending this off to Extra Veg which is being hosted this month by Shaheen of Allotment to Kitchen. The theme is savoury vegetarian. This monthly event comes from Helen of Fuss Free Flavours.