French Picnic Tart Recipe

This recipe is for easy French aperitif that is sure to please, those looking for special tastes Salty olives Tapenade, sweet creamy goat's cheese and Leek into one great taste served on puff pastry. This cake is a good to take with you on a picnic if it tastes great warm or at room temperature.

Tapenade

Pate is a spice from the South of France, Provence.It is made by crushing of olives and olive oil to add to obtain a spreadable paste.You can find the Pate made with both the Green and black olives. other possible ingredients in a tapenade: lemons, anchovies, capers, garlic and herbs. you could try making your own, but there are many very high-quality products ready to go in a jar.

Outside this recipe here are some other simple ways to enjoy the Pate:

Just spread over toasted French bread and served as a Starter (try it with a Corsican Muscat even more authentic flavor of the French Southern). As a dip for raw vegetables. To accompany grilled fish or meat.
Leek

The French love to cook leek and this recipe is a great place to start if you have not already tried it. When cooked; Leek mellow quickly and sweet, giving them a high-contrast mode to taste in a dish with a salty taste.Follow these tips when cooking with Leek:

Search for leek, which is smooth with fresh green tops Leek remains fresh in the fridge for about five days. you can freeze leek, cutting and cleaning for several minutes in boiling water for blanching. Rinse them with cold water, drain, prefreeze on a tray for about 30 minutes and put in the freezer bags in a handy.To clean a leek, the main base and most of the tougher green top cut off.Than you well under running water, rinse spread except the leaves at the top. There is usually what is caught dirt.Or you can cut the Leek (such as in the recipe below) and then rinse with water.
Goat's cheese

Goat's cheese is called fromage the chevre or simple chevre in France, where you have more than 100 species.Sometimes, the goat's milk mixed with milk make a mi-chevre.PUR-chèvre contains only goat's milk. goat cheese is nice-it comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and sometimes special small boxes.

For this recipe, I used a log with goat's cheese was cut, which is easily and spread on the top of the pie. you could try something else, perhaps you can crumble.

Puff Pastry

You will find often puff pastry used in both sweet and savoury French dishes. Although I am sure that there are a number of ambitious (and perhaps a little crazy) home cooks who quite ready to make their own, you can create a puff pastry prepared for this recipe.Here in France, we are making good quality puff pastry in the refrigerator section of the grocery store buy, but you need to go to the freezer section to find, depending on where you live.You are looking for a quality product with a minimum of ingredients. it must be made with flour, butter, pepper and not much else.

Leek pie with green olive Pate
Tarte aux Poireaux et tapenade

puff pastry (I use to keep up with the simple theme of this site, packaged puff pastry) 4 to 5 leeks (if they are great you should be a lot less) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, salt and pepper, 1/3 cup of white wine (3 1/2 ounces) small pot 1 green olive Pate (if you can't find green tapenade, black olive tapenade also works)

1 "log" goat cheese (about 8 grams), cut into 1/4 inch thick rounds

Roll the puff pastry in the form that you desire. role of the sides and discussion at the bottom of a dozen places with a fork. Cook for 10 minutes at 400 ° C on a baking sheet non-stick. remove from oven and let cool.

In the mean time, cut the roots and the Greens of the leek. cut the white part in the 1/4 inch rounds. Steam them for 5 minutes (you can do this in the microwave if desired).

Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and add the leeks, thyme, and salt and pepper. boil 5 minutes. Add the wine and simmer until just the wine evaporates.

For the construction of the cake: spread the Pate on the cooked cakes. cover with the leek and then evenly with goat's cheese.

Bake for 15 minutes at 400 ° c or until the cheese is melted and started the Brown on top.

Makes 6 servings

Kim Steele writes for easy French food, you much more easy French recipes. for another French Starter try this recipe for Zucchini Fritters or you prefer the convenience of a Leek here is yet an authentic French Leek recipe known as Flamich. a bientot.