Rustic Blueberry Lemon Verbena Tart |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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My friend gave me some lemon verbena out of her garden and I just knew I wanted to bake something with it. Blueberries are in the peak of their season here and taste perfect so I thought why not pair them up to create one of my favorite flavor combos. Read more . The tangy honey goat cheese and flaky crisp pastry shell send this over the top. Ingredients:
pastry |
3/4 cup ap flour |
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour |
8 tbsp cold butter or earth balance, cut into pieces |
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt or sour cream |
1/4 cup very cold water |
honey goat cheese |
2 oz. creamy spreadable goat cheese |
1 tbsp honey |
blueberry filling |
20 leaves lemon verbena |
1/4 cup sugar + more for sprinkling |
sea salt |
2 pints blueberries |
3 tbsp ap flour |
juice from 1/2 large lemon |
Directions:
1. Pastry
2. Place flours and butter in bowl of food processor fitted with dough attachment or S-blade.
3. Pulse a few times until butter is about pea sized.
4. Add sour cream and cold water and salt to taste. Process just until dough begins to hold together.
5. Remove from processor bowl and shape into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in fridge for at least one hour.
6. Honey Goat Cheese
7. Mix goat cheese & honey together. Set aside.
8. Blueberry Filling
9. With a mortar and pestle, pulverize lemon verbena into sugar. If you don't have one, just place sugar in a small mixing bowl, top with lemon verbena leaves and use a wooden spoon to pulverize into the sugar. Mix in AP flour and a pinch of sea salt.
10. Place blueberries in a large mixing bowl. Add lemon juice and gently toss. Add sugar mixture and gently toss to coat. See Photo
11. To Assemble
12. Preheat oven to 400F.
13. Remove pastry dough from fridge. Place ball of dough in center of a sheet of parchment paper. Roll out as evenly as possible into a 12-inch round, about 1/4 thick. Alternately you could split the dough in two and make two smaller, 6-inch rounds. See Photo
14. Spread goat cheese onto dough disk, leaving an edge naked See Photo. Top with berries.
15. Carefully fold up edges of pastry, you may pipe or flute the dough if you'd like. See Photo
16. Sprinkle with granulated sugar along dough edge See Photo. Place in oven and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown.
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