These Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts are perfect easy appetizers for any parties, big or small. The flaky pastry with the refreshing artichoke and tomato salad makes it so delicious at every bite! You can make the same tart using a butter pie crust too.
Puff pastry tarts are simply the best. I always stock up a sheet in the freezer to whip up a quick meal on busy days like this Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts. Yes, it is an indulgence with all that layers or butter hidden in the pastry sheet, but occasionally it's fine!
The addition of artichoke hearts with cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and peas gives a lovely refreshing bite.
You can choose to slice the puff pastry much smaller into bite size appetizers or use an entire sheet and turn it into a meal.
The first time I had prepared a very similar dish was way back in 2012 as part of a food photography challenge. The recipe of the colorful tart was from Donna Hay magazine nr. 61.
With Holiday season round the corner I decided to prepare it again but with minute changes as per my liking.
Ingredients for Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts
- Frozen Puff Pastry
- Frozen Peas or fresh peas if you have it available
- Cherry tomatoes
- Store bought Artichoke hearts dipped in oil
- Fresh basil
- Cream Cheese
Make sure the cream cheese is soft at room temperature, so you can spread it evenly on the puff pastry.
Steps to assemble the Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts
There is no strict rule on how to assemble the tart but here is how I do it.
Spread a layer of cream cheese on the frozen tart. Add a couple or one artichoke heart based on the side of the puff pastry along with few cherry tomatoes.
Bake until golden brown and flaky.
Then top the puff pastry tart with the tomato salad.
Points to keep in mind when working with puff pastry
You want to make sure that the puff pastry is very cold before you place it in the hot oven. The cold butter in the puff pastry when it hits the oven at high heat, it puffs up creating multiple layers.
If it's warm where you live, then after layering the puff pastry with the cream cheese and vegetables, place it back in the fridge for a while before placing it in the hot oven.
Although this Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts gives a summer vibe, it is actually quite nice warm on a cold night. Our cherry tomato plant is still giving us cherry tomatoes, and I had to make it one more time with our garden tomatoes.
Artichoke and Tomato Salad Tarts – DHSP Challenge #7
Ingredients
- 6 small squares of puff pastry
- 12 tablespoons cream cheese (softened at room temperature)
- 6 artichoke hearts (each cut in half)
- 1 egg (lightly beaten to make egg wash for rubbing on the pastry edges)
- 1 and ½ cup cherry tomatoes (each cut in half)
- ½ cup frozen peas
- few fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
Instructions
- In a bowl, add the tomatoes, chopped basil and peas. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil and white wine vinegar. Toss it around and leave aside.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F
- Arrange a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Layer the puff pastry on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or baking silpat. Using the back of a spoon, score 1 cm border around each square.
- Spread 2 tablespoons cream cheese on each of the square puff pastry.
- Top it with artichoke and few of the cherry tomatoes.
- Brush the pastry borers with egg wash. Bake for 17 minutes, or until it's puffed up at the edges and turns golden.
- Once done, spoon some tomato salad on top, drizzle with olive oil, grate Parmesan cheese and serve immediately
Notes
Points to keep in mind when working with puff pastry
You want to make sure that the puff pastry is very cold before you place it in the hot oven. The cold butter in the puff pastry when it hits the oven at high heat, it puffs up creating multiple layers. If it’s warm where you live, then after layering the puff pastry with the cream cheeseNutrition
Magic of Spice
This tart looks extraordinary, and your photos, as always, are like a perfect dream of what food should be! Never let those people who try so hard to be you, that they steal feel anything but pride. And after the pride...don't let them get away with it! Your hard work is your own!
Hope you are having a lovely start to your week...
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
Thieves are losers! They should be sued for stealing content and photos.
On the contrary, these are some amazing looking tart!! Gorgeous photos 🙂
sally
These tarts are so beautiful! I love the combination of veggies that you used.
Divya @ FF
Kankana, these tarts look amazing! And your photography just gets better by the day.
So sorry to hear about the whole Zee Khana Khazana incident. It's hard to believe that such a reputed brand would stoop to such low levels. Hopefully they will learn their lesson!
Namitha
I know how it feels, very sad 🙁 Hope they have resolved it all. Did you send that petition you were preparing ?
Awesome pictures Kankana ! It's so pretty !
Kankana Saxena
yeah babe, sent the petition and now all we can do is hope they act on it!
Kitchen Belleicious
stunning! I don't know what else to say except STUNNING!
Grishma @ZaikaZabardast
I know how you must have been feeling Kankana! It's not fair to food bloggers who work really hard to take one shot 🙁 I am so sorry!
About your tarts, looks gorgeous 🙂 I so much enjoyed the process and of course tarts! Thank you for introducing the fun challenge to me.
Tanvi @ The Hathi Cooks
Beautiful!
maha
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Maha
KitchenSisters
Your blog just looks fantastic! We can learn a lot from it (:
Kitchen Rockies
I totally feel with you. I have had pictures stolen from my site as well. Like you I have a copyright on my pictures. I now use the "no right click" plugin and resize all my pictures to pretty small with a low resolution. I hope that will help.
I also baked the tartlettes for the challenge, but it turned out to be a busy night and everything was eaten before I could take the pictures for Simone's challenge.
Best of luck to you. Kirsten
Kankana Saxena
Thanks Kristen 🙂 Guess what I too have ' no right click' option and yet they manage to steal!!
Liz
Truly a stunning dish...and your photos are fabulous!!! YUM, and double yum!
Maja
Kankana, photos are amazing! These tarts are divine! Love them 😉
Tiffany
These tarts are a vegetarian's dream come true!
Charles
Hi Kankana - can't you file a DMCA takedown notice or something with the host of the site? I guess it depends where it's hosted to be honest - but don't let it get your down too much - I love looking at your posts - this one included - yummy - so I hope you don't change anything!
Kankana Saxena
Thank you Charles for your sweet words 🙂 And yeah, we did file a DMCA take down but it's so frustrating to see so many blogger's photo being stolen!
Asmita
The tarts look divine! Wish I could just grab one of them as I type. The photography as always is stunning. Brilliant job!
Missy
This is lovely. So creative!
Ally
Kankana you are seriously so amazingly talented. Your recipes never cease to amaze me! Stunning presentation, fresh ingredients... loving it.
xo
http://allykayler.blogspot.com/
Simone
So glad you still managed to participate in this months challenge! And yes while it may not entirely resemble the colors in the original I still love your more brownish hues. It looks delicious and ultimately that is what you want for every food photo right? ;0)
torviewtoronto and createwithmom
delicious flavours the tarts look fabulous lovely pictures