Delicious Cheese, Roasted Tomatoes and Bacon Tart
I've been promising Mr.Boyfriend that I'll make him a tart in a while now. More like two months, to be honest. However, my working schedule wasn't allowing me this until yesterday when I finally had the time to do the tart properly.
The recipe is very easy and it basically makes itself. Well, it doesn't, but it involves a very little active tasks, how great is this? It takes around 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes from the first second you open your dough to the moment you take it out of the oven, ready to serve.
Ingredients:
- 1 pack shortcrust dough
- 5 medium tomatoes, cut in 4 thick slices
- 1 long red pepper, cut in thick slices
- 5 slices of bacon, cut in large chunks
- 1/2 cup Red Leicester cheese, grated or sliced
- 1/2 cup Edam cheese, grated or sliced
- 1/2 cup White Greek cheese, crumbled
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- balsamic vinegar
- salt
- fresh basil
How-To:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 C.
- Roll the dough so if covers a round pie/tart dish with diameter around 35cm.
- Blind bake the dough, the tart's base, for 20 minutes, or until the edges are slightly golden.
- While the base is baking, place the cut tomatoes, red pepper and bacon on a flat baking tray.
- Sprinkle the tomatoes and peppers with some salt and balsamic vinegar.
- Place the tray in the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes, until the bacon looks cooked and the veggies nice and tender.
- When the base is baked, take out the baking beans/stones and let it cool down until is hot but not piping.
- By this time the veggies and bacon should be already cooked so take them out of the oven.
- Arrange the tomatoes and the peppers as the bottom layer of the tart.
- Put the bacon on top of the veggies and cover with the cheese.
- Put back in the oven for another 5-ish minutes, until the cheese has melted.
- While the tart is in the oven, whisk the eggs and the milk together.
- Once the cheese is melted, pour over the egg mixture over and sprinkle with fresh basil.
- Bake for another 15-20 minutes, until the eggs are set and cooked.
- Serve warm.
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