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Gruyère Tarts with Thyme, Mushrooms & Cherry Tomatoes

Filed Under: Breads & Baking, Recipes, Starters & Snacks Tagged With: holiday baking, puff pastry, thanksgiving December 2, 2018

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gruyere cheese puff pastry tarts with tomato, mushroom and thyme

These gruyère tarts were a special Friendsgiving treat. Last weekend my husband and I attended our second American Thanksgiving in Amsterdam. Last year we were invited for a very intimate Thanksgiving dinner by our dear friends M and N in Almere – a smaller city about 40 minutes from Amsterdam by train. This year we were invited to our friend’s place in the red light district for a Friendsgiving potluck.

Working in events, our friend knows how to plan a potluck and already had a set menu. We opted to make brie & blackberry tarts and mac & cheese. I am of the belief that there can never be enough savoury starters at a holiday party, so I also started playing around with a recipe for gruyère tarts with a rich cheese cause and umami toppings.

gruyere cheese puff pastry tarts with tomato, mushroom and thyme

I really enjoy making very finicky hor d’oeuvres. It’s a moment to slow down and pay attention to the details. Fortunately since I found pre-made puff pastry at our local AH supermarket, these tarts didn’t end up being nearly as involved as they look. For just a bit of effort you get quite a nice looking holiday appetizer. 

gruyere cheese puff pastry tarts with tomato, mushroom and thyme

Of course they can be filled with virtually anything you can think of. If you’ll be transporting them like I did I recommend waiting until they cool before packaging them so that they don’t get soggy from steam and condensation.

You may also like these other puff pastry recipes:

  • Rustic Tomato & Goat Cheese Galette
  • Apricot & Almond Cream Cheese Tarts
  • Quick & Easy Petit Pain au Chocolat

gruyere cheese puff pastry tarts with tomato, mushroom and thyme

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Gruyère Tarts with Thyme, Mushroom Trio & Cherry Tomatoes

A savoury puff pastry tart made with rich gruyère sauce and either cherry tomatoes or a mushroom trio with thyme, garlic and black pepper. It’s easy to put together and makes for a beautiful holiday party appetizer.

A savoury puff pastry tart made with rich gruyère sauce and either cherry tomatoes or a mushroom trio with thyme, garlic and black pepper. It’s easy to put together and makes for a beautiful holiday party appetizer.

  • Author: Cristina
  • Prep Time: 20
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 22 tarts 1x
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: French
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Ingredients

1 package puff pastry
100 grams shredded gruyère – approximately 1 cup
1/2 tbsp flour
3/4 cup slightly warm milk
1/2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
10 cherry tomatoes
250 grams mushrooms
3 tbsp butter
1/2 clove garlic
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp curly parsley chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F/175C
  • Cut mushrooms into small pieces and sauté in 1 tbsp butter until they’ve reduced and liquid has evaporated. Add the garlic (minced or crushed), black pepper, thyme and another 1/2 tbsp butter then cook 1-2 more minutes and remove from heat.
  • Heat 1.5 tbsp butter in a saucepan and add 1/2 tbsp flour when sizzling. Mix and add 3/4 cup of milk and then whisk slowly until thick enough to stick to the back of a spoon. Add gruyere and stir until melted. Set aside.  gruyère cheese sauce
  • Put puff pastry on a floured surface and roll it out evenly to make it a little bigger and flatter. Use a circle pastry cutter to cut out pastry rounds and then move them to a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
  • Press an indentation into the center of each round and then use a fork and puncture a circle around the area to let steam escape. Quickly whisk the egg with about a tsp of water until it’s smooth and use a basting brush to brush the egg wash over each pastry round, concentrating especially on the edges.
  • puff pastry rounds for gruyère tarts
  • Add about 1 tsp of the cheese sauce and a spoonful of the mushroom mix or otherwise sliced or whole cherry tomatoes to each round.
  • gruyère tarts with tomatoes and mushrooms before baking
  • Bake at 350F/175C for 20-25 minutes or until puffed up and golden. Sprinkle with a bit of chopped curly parsley before serving.

Notes

For the puff pastry I used a 270 gram package – 40cm x 24cm.

For the mushrooms I used a mix of cremini, oyster and shiitake

Keywords: appetizer, starter, gruyere, mushroom, cheese, cheese tart, cheese pastry, savoury pastry, savory pastry, puff pastry,

gruyere cheese puff pastry tarts with tomato, mushroom and thyme

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