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Mushroom, Spinach and Gruyere Tart

This is a great vegetarian dish and incredibly tasty. You can use any wild                                mushrooms.

Ingredients

  •    800g mushrooms thinly sliced
  •    200g gruyere, grated
  •    2 bags baby spinach
  •    3 cloves garlic crushed
  •    2 small shallots finely diced
  •    2-3 tablespoons fresh thyme, finely chopped
  •    Puff pastry
  •    Olive oil
  •    Salt and pepper
  •    200 g wild mushrooms – enoki, shimeji, chanterelles, oyster

Method

  • Turn the oven on to 180.
  • Butter and line a tart tin.
  • Roll out your pastry and lay into the tart tin, gently pressing into the sides.
  • Prick the base of the pastry and bake blind for about 15 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven.

Filling

  • Blanch the spinach in boiling water until wilted.
  • Remove from the pot, drain and roughly chop.
  • In a pan, sauté the shallots in about 2 tablespoons of olive oil until softened – +/- 5 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and mushrooms and thyme, and gently cook until the mushrooms have softened +/- 5-8 minutes.
  • Add the spinach and stir through.
  • Remove from the heat and stir through the gruyere.
  • Taste and season as required.

Finishing

  • Transfer the filling to the cooked tart base and cook in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
  • Whilst the tart is cooking, sauté the wild mushroom on high heat in 1 tablespoon butter.
  • Remove the tart, scatter the wild mushrooms over the top.
  • Allow to stand for a few minutes, remove from the tart tin and serve.

Nice! and Tasty – Chris