Tuesday 23 October 2018

Autumn Tart

Ingredients
Sheet of shortcrust or puff pastry
Butternut Squash
Sweet potato
Red onions
Garlic
Red pepper,
Runny honey
Pesto
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Black pepper
Natural salt crystals
Prepare the vegetables, drizzle over some runny honey, then sprinkle with the spices, add olive or rapeseed oil and roast for about 20mins at 220℃ or until the vegetables begin to caramelise.
Allow the roasted vegetables to cool then place on to the pastry - top with some pesto, and cook for 20 more mins at 200℃.
I made some pesto but used a generous amount of cashew nuts rather than pine nuts. Pine nuts are such a ridiculous price for so few these days, and I also added much more Parmesan cheese than usual to the pesto for this tart.
Enjoy

34 comments:

  1. Hello Rosemary, I wouldn't know whether to eat or frame this! The round photo especially could be commissioned in majolica. Have you noticed that butternut squashes are getting bigger each year so that it is hard to find a moderately-sized one, or do you grow your own?
    --Jim

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    1. Hello Jim - yes, I have noticed that too. However, some of this butternut squash was made into a soup, and still there was some left which I have frozen. You can cut it up into handy sized squares, then open freeze it whilst raw, and then pop into a container in the freezer to use at another stage.
      I did try to grow some once - the plant covered a large area of ground, but the yield was poor.

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  2. It looks simply delicious and so pretty. Those are not flavors I would have though of to put together. I can't wait to try it.
    When I make pesto I substitute walnuts for pine nuts. I just can't fathom the price either.

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    1. Yes, I too have used walnuts in pesto and it is also very successful. On reflection I suspect that most nuts would do as a substitute - I once used almonds when I had no other nuts in the cupboard one day.

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  3. Dear Rosemary,
    Looks delicious and beautiful. I will try your recipe. We have grown plenty of winter squash around here and I made pesto a months ago. We are lucky here in that Costco sells a large bag of pine nuts for a very moderate price.
    I like all of your ingredients...would not have thought of combining all of them.

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    1. Dear Gina - you are fortunate - I don't know why they cost so much here. I wonder if the trees do not yield a very large crop or may be they are difficult to pick, and that is reflected in the price. I make a French dessert tart with pine nuts, and nothing else will suffice but the proper nuts.

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    2. Hi Rosemary, Pine Nuts are very difficult to pick. Those who have picked them will tell you that they have to throw their clothes away. The pine pitch is impossible to get rid of.

      Is it possible for me to send pine nuts to you?

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    3. I now understand more about why they are so costly Gina - thank you, and also your generous offer. However, I would not let you do that, the postage alone would cost a fortune. I am just being unnecessarily mean about pine nuts Gina, it must be my economical nature coming into play.

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  4. I’m loving the look of this, particularly with the roasted veg. More ingredients to add to my shopping list. B x

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  5. Quite a meal. I've never had squash.

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    1. Butternut squash is my favourite squash, it is more tasty and flavoursome than other varieties and also has a firmer texture.

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  6. That looks delicious and your brilliant idea of using cashew nuts rather than pine nuts, I must try this.
    Sarah x

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    1. There are several other nuts you can use too Sarah - I have also used walnuts and almonds successfully too. I tend to buy a packet of nuts for pesto that happens to be the cheapest on the day when shopping.

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  7. When this autumn tart tastes as good as the photos are, it must be more than delicious. I wonder if they have butternut squashes in our village, go to find out.

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    1. It definitely needs to be a butternut squash Janneke as it has much more flavour and a firm texture.

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  8. Oh My Goodness....this looks lovely Rosemary!!
    Hope you are well...
    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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    1. Lovely to hear from you Linda - this would make a great dish to eat at a Halloween party. Take care.

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  9. That looks so good. I have just eaten some sweet potato (kumara) and feta frittata for my lunch. Usually would have had squash in it as well but both are coming to the end here now.

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    1. We seem to be able to buy these nearly all the year round - I suspect that some must be grown in glass houses to be able to do that, and of course they keep nice and firm for months.

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  10. How delicious this looks. I harvested 6 butternut squash from my garden this summer - the most ever. Your tart would make a wonderful lunch. I use almonds in my pesto as pine nuts are frightfully expensive here, too.

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    1. Yes, I have used almonds and walnuts too - whatever happens to be the cheapest that I can find in the shops when buying nuts to make pesto.

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  11. I would love to come dining at your place sometime LOL , you always have these wonderful recipes ! Really looks delicious !

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    1. Would love to have you Jane, but you know everything that I made is easy and really simple to make.

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  12. You do have very exotic and far travelled tastes compared to my traditional menu offerings but they do look beautiful on the plate.

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    1. It tastes really nice but is so simple to make.

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  13. Dearest Rosemary,
    That really looks very delicious and the right fall food for comfort on cooler days!
    Your photos are exceptional.
    Hugs and happy weekend!
    Mariette

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  14. Hello, again. Your autumn tart is visually appealing and looks really, really delicious. Butternut squash is new to me. I haven’t seen it on the market. I will substitute it with our sweet pumpkin.

    Yoko

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    1. If your sweet pumpkin has a firm texture like the butternut one and is not fibrous, then I think that it should be ok Yoko.

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  15. I'm a vegetarian and that tart looks heavenly. I'll get hubby to make on as he's the cook in our house! :)

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