Recettes- Vegetable Tart

Hey there everyone. I promised my mom I would post some vegetarian recipes for her, so here goes. Anyone else who wants to is welcome to try the recipes!

A savory tart is basically a quiche. You have a crust, filling or flavoring, and the eggs. You can put nearly anything in a tart. I make simple vegetable tarts for an easy dinner at home. The basics for any quick vegetable tart for 4-6 people are:

1 tart pan (or pie tin)

1 recipe pie crust, or storebought (make sure there's no sugar in the crust, though!)

3 extra large eggs or 4 medium eggs

1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

Salt and pepper

Handful of shredded cheese (Gruyere or swiss is best, any other white cheese would probably do)

Preheat the oven to 350.

Roll the pie crust out and place in the tin, pressing up the sides of the tin. Trim off any excess.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, sour cream, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl, set aside.

Now the fun: the vegetables. Take any one of the choices below and spread over the unbaked crust.

-- Two leeks, sauteed gently in butter and salt until they are soft.

-- One fennel bulb and one small zucchini, sauteed gently in oil or butter and salt until soft. Dot cherry or grape tomatoes around the fennel and zucchini in the pie tin.

-- Chop endives and shred potatoes. Cook both gently in butter or oil and salt until soft.

They key to each is to not brown the vegetables. Use low heat and cook gently! And don't be afraid to overcook them. For the vegetables mentioned above, you really do want them fully cooked and soft.

Pour the egg and milk mixture over the vegetables and spread the handful of cheese on top. Put in the oven and bake 40 minutes in a flatter tart pan, or more like 50 in a pie tin. If the crust starts to burn, put aluminium foil over it. The tart is done with the egg mixture has puffed up and browned and the crust is done.

Enjoy!

Note: the photo above is not my tart. It is someone else's photo and someone else's tart. I could never take a picture that pretty. But my tarts do look about the same.