FEATURE RECIPE
Tomato, fennel and parmesan tart

Tomato, fennel and parmesan tart

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 30 mins, cook 35 mins (plus resting, cooling)



650 gm   mixed baby tomatoes, such as yellow grape, cherry and baby Roma
½   baby fennel bulb, shaved on a mandolin, plus fronds, to serve
1   salad onion, thinly sliced
1½ cups   (loosely packed) watercress sprigs
To serve:   shaved parmesan
Parmesan pastry
200 gm (1 1/3 cups)   plain flour
150 gm   chilled butter, coarsely chopped
50 gm   finely grated parmesan
Mustard dressing
1 tbsp   olive oil
Juice   of 1 lemon
½ tsp   Dijon mustard


1 For parmesan pastry, process flour and butter in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add parmesan, process to combine, add 40-60ml iced water, pulsing to form a dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface, knead lightly to form a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled (1 hour). Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 35cm-diameter round and line a 25cm-diameter tart tin, trim edges and prick base with a fork. Refrigerate to rest (30 minutes).
2 Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180C. Blind bake pastry until light golden (15-25 minutes), then remove paper and weights and bake until golden and crisp (5-10 minutes). Set aside to cool.
3 For mustard dressing, whisk ingredients in a large bowl to combine, season to taste and set aside.
4 Add tomato, fennel, spring onion and watercress sprigs to dressing, toss lightly to combine, season to taste, then transfer to pastry case. Scatter over parmesan and fennel fronds and serve immediately.

This recipe is from the November 2010 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

Drink Suggestion Pale and fruity sparkling rosé.

RECIPE Emma Knowles & Lisa Featherby PHOTOGRAPHY Prue Ruscoe STYLING Vanessa Austin, Emma Knowles & Lisa Featherby DRINK SUGGESTION Max Allen

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