
Chorizo Tart
This recipe is a very quick and simple recipe which requires very few ingredients
Quick Stats
Easy
1 tart
20 minutes bake time
Chorizo Tart
This recipe is a very quick and simple recipe which requires very few ingredients
Ingredients
- Jus-Rol, Puff Pastry Sheet
- 3-4 tsp Tomato pasta sauce
- 1/2 Red onion
- 1 Red pepper
- 50-75g Chorizo or any other spicy sausage
- 50g Cheddar cheese, grated
- Egg, beaten to glaze
- 100 Thyme leaves (for decoration)
Equipment required
- Baking paper
- Baking tray
Techniques Used
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How to Roll Puff Pastry
How to Roll Puff Pastry
- For best results when rolling out puff pastry use a large, clean dry area of the work surface and lightly dust it with plain flour.
- Place pastry dough on surface and lightly dust it and the rolling pin with flour.
- Roll pastry firmly, always rolling away from you, give the dough 2-3 rolls.
- Then turn the dough a quarter turn.
- Dust again if necessary and continue rolling out, frequently turning the pastry so it is not always rolled in the same direction as this causes shrinkage.
- When the pastry has increased in size, pick it up to turn by rolling it round the rolling pin.
- Lift the pin with the pastry around it carefully and turn it to lay out and continue rolling. Again this is done to prevent the pastry from stretching as you lift it which in turn would result in shrinkage in baking. Puff pastry should be rolled out to approx. 4-5 mm depth.
- To re- roll puff pastry once you have cut something out from the main piece, layer up all the trimmings, folding to achieve approximately an even stack.
- Press stack lightly together with fingers.
- Then roll out as before.
Method
- Preheat oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan assisted oven) Gas 6.
- Unroll the puff pastry sheet onto a lined baking tray. Spread 3-4 tsp of tomato pasta sauce leaving a border to allow the pastry to rise.
- Scatter the onion, pepper and chorizo evenly onto the pastry avoiding the pastry border.
- Sprinkle over the grated cheese and glaze the edges with the beaten egg. Bake in the oven at for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
Scatter with the thyme leaves to finish.