My little tomato plants aren’t getting enough sun to yield any ripe tomatoes, but luckily my Mom and my neighbor have bountiful crops and are sharing. I love to make gazpacho (see my favorite recipes here and here) but my husband isn’t a fan, so I decided to make a tomato tart.
salting the tomatoes to draw out excess water
Tomato Tart Ingredients
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry dough, thawed
- 2 large tomatoes, thinly sliced
- salt
- a few rings of Vidalia onion, thinly sliced
- 8-10 leaves fresh basil, minced
- leaves from 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4-6 oz shredded mozarella cheese
- 2 oz crumbled feta cheese
- olive oil
heading into the oven
Tomato Tart Directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Place tomatoes in a single layer on a plate layered with paper towels, sprinkle with salt, let sit for 30 min, and gently blot with paper towels to remove excess water.
- Roll out puff pastry dough to 14 X 14 square or 14-16″ round, place on baking sheet or pizza stone, crimp edges to form a crust.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until golden.
This was my first time using puff pastry dough and I shrieked when I opened the oven and saw the giant puff! I was worried but it collapsed quickly as it cooled. - Sprinkle baked pastry with cheeses, arrange tomatoes in a single layer, scatter onion on top of tomatoes, sprinkle on the herbs and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until the cheese is melted.
It was delicious!
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Now I only have a few tomatoes left, but hopefully by next weekend my Mom will have enough new tomatoes for that gazpacho!
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Do you have a favorite tomato recipe?
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It looks delicious! Mouth watering actually 🙂 I love tomatos.
ooh I love tomato tarts! I haven’t made one in a while. I like using feta as well. Thanks for joining us for MM.
Sounds great! I’ve never tried that salting trick to remove excess water from tomatoes. I’ll have to give it a try. The excess liquid is the reason I generally don’t like tomato slices on pizza.
This didn’t come out watery at all.
Ooh this looks so delicious! There is nothing better than fresh tomatoes in the summer time!
I really love a good margarita pizza with huge tomato slices. This reminds me of that.
I stopped reading at margarita …. cheers! 😉
I love everything with tomato!!!
I have been buying like crazy at the farmers market.
That tart looks delish! I love tomato anything & this looks like a fun one! I have such a hard time here trying to grow them here but I haven’t given up !
I don’t think I’ll try again — we just don’t get enough sun. Luckily my Mom really does have a bumper crop!
This looks AMAZING! I can’t wait to try. Thanks so much for the recipe! We love the tomatoes in this house!
I’ve never had tomato tarts but this looks so good!
Hi Coco,
There is nothing better than home grown tomatoes. My tomatoes didn’t turn out well this year. As a matter of fact, my garden didn’t do well at all. 🙁
Your tart looks beautiful and delicious! I’m looking forward to trying this in the future.
Yum! Nothing, I mean nothing goes together better than fresh tomatoes and basil!!!
I’ve never made a tomato tart. This looks delicious. Thanks for the tip about salting the tomatoes. I like to use them on pizzas and they can get a little watery.
Jersey tomatoes are SO juicy and cheap right now – I need to try this out! It had my name all over!
I hope you do try it – it’s really good!