Tomato Goat Cheese Tart w/ a Cornmeal Crust
Yield: 1 tart / 6-8 slices
 
Ingredients
  • 2-3 large juicy tomatoes
  • 4oz chevre
  • salt and pepper
  • fresh herbs of choice (optional)
cornmeal tart dough:
  • 1¾ cup flour
  • ½ cup cornmeal (i like a medium to coarse ground)
  • 1½ tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 8oz unsalted butter, cubed and cold
  • ¼ - ⅓ cup buttermilk, cold
Instructions
Make the tart dough:
  1. Combine the dry ingredients in a food processor with the blade attachment and pulse once or twice to mix.
  2. Add the cold butter and pulse again until it looks uniformly like wet sand (about 10 pulses if you are a numbers person). I like to stick my hand in there and just make sure there isnt some rogue lump of butter.
  3. With the processor on, slowly pour in the buttermilk (remember you might not need all of it!). As soon as the dough catches and becomes a kind of ball/clump, stop mixing and stop pouring. The dough should be very moist but not wet (see pic #2).
  4. Press the dough into your tart pan - I use my hands at first and then a large, flat bottomed cup measure to get the dough into the corners and up the sides. I like to put the tart onto a sheet pan before going any further so I don't ruin it by putting my hand up through the removable bottom.
  5. Let the dough chill in the fridge for 20-30 minutes or up to a few days.
Assemble and Bake:
  1. Preheat the oven to 400˚F and slice the tomatoes - I like thick slabs so they don't become complete mush in the oven (about ¼ inch I suppose).
  2. Crumble the chevre into the tart and if using any fresh herbs add them now, under the tomatoes so they do not burn in the oven.
  3. Arrange the tomato slices in one layer (they can be slightly overlapping) and season generously with salt and black pepper.
  4. Bake for 45 minutes, until the edges of the tart are golden brown. Serve warm or at room temp - I also like to add a flourish of coarse sea salt for look and taste.
Recipe by Eat Some Wear Some at https://eatsomewearsome.com/tomato-goat-cheese-tart/