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italian-rustic-squash-and-kale-tart

Photo by: Bryanna Clark Grogan
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Recipe

It’s hard to believe that this vegetable filling can taste so “meaty,” but it does in this absolute winner of a dish! The olive oil pastry is easy to make and low in fat (about ½ tablespoon of olive oil per serving). If you want to make a larger tart, double both the filling and the pastry recipes and bake it on a 14-inch pizza pan.

Yield : Serves 4

Ingredients

For the Pastry:

  • 1 cup unbleached white flour (do not use pastry flour)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/3 cup ice-cold water

For the Filling:

  • 4 ounces kale, tough stems removed, washed, drained and sliced ¼-inch thick
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 4 to 5 green onions, chopped
  • 6 ounces butternut squash, peeled, and cut in ½-inch dice
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped toasted walnuts
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Pastry: Whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl. Drizzle in the oil and mix with your fingers or a fork. Dribble in the cold water slowly, mixing with a fork as you go. When it holds together, knead it gently into a ball, cover with plastic wrap or a damp cloth and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Filling: Steam the squash until just tender. Steam the kale until tender, then cool it under cold running water, drain it and then squeeze as much water out of it as you can. Chop the kale with a sharp knife. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add both kinds of onions. Stir-fry until tender. Add the kale and squash, walnuts, and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 375ºF.

On a lightly-floured piece of baking parchment, roll the pastry out into a thin 14-inch circle. Carefully transfer the rolled-out dough onto an oiled 10-inch pie pan (see Notes). Pile the filling in the middle of the dough and spread it out evenly. Bring up the edges around the filling to make a “freeform” pie, pleating the dough over the filling and leaving an open circle of filling in the center. Brush the dough with a little olive oil and cover the exposed filling with a circle of foil. Bake the tart for 30 to 45 minutes or until the dough is golden. Cut into wedges to serve. It’s good hot, warm, or cold.

Notes

To transfer fragile pastry dough into a pan without tearing, flour the top of the circle lightly and then gently fold it in half and then in half again. Gently lift the pastry into the pie pan, letting the edges of the pastry overhang the edge of the pan. Carefully unfold the dough. Another way is to lightly flour the pastry and roll it up loosely around a rolling pin. Use the rolling pin to transfer the dough to the pan and unroll the pastry over the pan.


© 2011 Bryanna Clark Grogan

Note from Cookstr's Editors

Nutritional information is based on 1/8 teaspoon of added salt per serving.

 

Nutritional Information

Nutrients per serving (% daily value)

298kcal (15%)
600mg (25%)
39g
3g
14g (22%)
0g
2g (9%)
8g
4g
0mg (0%)
3g
6g
44mg
415mg
446mcg RAE (15%)
47mg (79%)
86mg (9%)
4mg (21%)
 

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