Pumpkin and goat's cheese tart

Name: Pumpkin and goat's cheese tart
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4-6
Ingredients: 250g savoury short crust pastry; 3 eggs, plus 1 for egg wash; 700g pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1½ cm cubes; Olive oil; Salt and pepper; 125g goat's cheese; 400ml cream

Jane and Jeremy Strode

October 19, 2011

Pumpkin and goat's cheese tart.Quentin Jones

Time:30 mins - 1 hourServes:4-6

When baking a tart with a runny filling, place the tart shell in the oven and then use a small jug to pour in the filling to prevent any spills.

Ingredients

250g savoury short crust pastry
3 eggs, plus 1 for egg wash
700g pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1½ cm cubes
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
125g goat's cheese
400ml cream

Method

Roll pastry to half-centimetre thickness and line a 30-centimetre x 10-centimetre rectangular tart shell. Rest for 30 minutes or preferably overnight.
Pre-heat oven to 160C. Line shell with foil and fill with pastry weights or uncooked rice. Blind bake for 25 minutes, until cooked through and golden. Remove foil and repair any cracks or holes with raw pastry.
Beat egg lightly for egg wash, then brush over entire shell. Bake for a further two minutes. Remove tart shell from oven and turn heat up to 200C.
Put pumpkin on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, season and bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 180C. Spread pumpkin and goat's cheese evenly in tart shell.
Combine eggs and cream, season and pour over pumpkin to as high as possible without spilling over the edge. Bake until golden and puffed up - about 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before serving with rocket.