Goat Milk

Sep 28 2019

Cheese, Apple and Pear Tart – Easy Gourmet Vegetarian Dessert Recipe

Goats cheese, apple tart and pear is a simple puff pastry recipe topped with a drizzle of chili lime dressing. The simple and easy recipe requires 30 minutes to an hour preparation time, approximately 10 to 30 minutes cooking time, and can serves 5.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon goat milk
8 oz. goats’ cheese – log-shaped chevre
14¼ oz. puff pastry
2 cooking apples
2 pears
2 limes – juice only
1 egg white
1 fresh red chili
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and freshly ground pepper
green salad

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 360F.
Roll out the puff pastry to a rectangle slightly larger than a sheet of A4 paper.
Place the pastry on a greased baking sheet, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Peel, core and finely slice the apples and pears and toss with half the lime juice.
Using a hot, wet, sharp knife, cut the chevre in half lengthways.
Finely slice the chevre into thin, half-moon shapes.
Beat together the egg white and the goat milk.
Take the puff pastry rectangle and brush the egg white mixture around its edges.
Place alternate slices of apple and pear in neat lines across the rectangle, leaving a 2cm (¾in) gap of pastry around the edge.
Place the chevre slices so that they overlap with the fruit slices.
Bake the fruit tart for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is crisp, the fruit is golden and the goats’ cheese has browned.
Meanwhile, using a mortar and pestle, grind together the chili and sugar to form a paste.
Mix in the remaining lime juice, olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper and mix together well.
Once the tart is cooked, remove from the oven and allow to rest for five minutes.
Drizzle over the chili lime dressing and serve with a green salad.