Beet & Goat Cheese Tart. UnBEETable Elegant Easy App!
 
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • For the Tart:
  • 1 defrosted puff pastry sheet (can double easily, package comes with two sheets)
  • 3 to 4 tbsp. orange marmalade
  • 2 small golden beets
  • 1 medium/large red beet
  • 2 tsp. fresh thyme separated
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 tsp. salt divided
  • 1 tbsp. orange zest
  • 4oz goat cheese feta (can sub soft goat cheese)
  • 1 egg beaten for egg wash
  • For the Garnish:
  • ¼ cup chopped caramelized walnuts (can sub roasted walnuts or pecans)
  • 1 tsp. thyme
  • Drizzle of Mike's Hot Honey (can sub regular honey)
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line the counter with a piece of parchment paper to lay the defrosted puff pastry (from the fridge) on. Gently roll it out slightly to even out and extend the dough out a bit to a larger rectangle. Don't over roll it though. Dock the dough by poking the surface with a fork to create little holes.
  3. Evenly spread the marmalade over the puff pastry, leaving about an inch border around the edges.
  4. Slice the beets thin using the mandoline, think chip thin, about an ⅛th of an inch. Place the red beets and golden beets in separate bowls and add 1 tbsp. of olive oil to each bowl and about ½ tsp. of fresh thyme and ½ tsp. salt to each bowl and toss to combine. Place the red beets down first, I just did three rows of three. Next place the golden beets over the red beets in an overlapping pattern (you will probably have left over beets, save for another use). Sprinkle the orange zest over the beets. Then shred some of the goat cheese feta over the beets (if using the harder goat cheese) and then the goat cheese crumbles. Fold edges of the puff pastry over to form border over the edges of the beets. Using a pastry brush, coat the edges of the tart with the egg wash.
  5. Pull the tart still on the parchment paper onto a baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. If you see the puff pastry bubble up in the middle, just poke a small hole with a sharp knife to let the air out. It's done when the puff pastry is golden brown. Then I just turned the broiler on high and let it caramelize the beets a bit for about three minutes. Don't walk away during the broiling part.
  6. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling rack for at least 15 minutes (so the juices can set up). Garnish with the rest of the fresh thyme, chopped walnuts and drizzle of hot honey. Serve warm or at room temp.
  7. Enjoy!
Recipe by Social Buttercream at http://socialbuttercream.com/2019/12/28/beet-goat-cheese-tart-unbeetable-elegant-easy-app/