Tomato Tart: Simple & Tasty Appetizer

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This tomato tart is the perfect addition to your family’s cookbook. Serve it for lunch or at a dinner party – everyone will surely enjoy its marvelous flavors.

There are so many different ways to enjoy this puff pastry recipe. You can eat it as a quick lunch with your favorite salad, or cut it up and serve it to guests as an appetizer. Either way, it’s a fun recipe that uses fresh tomatoes.

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Puff Pastry Appetizer Idea

The best thing about this appetizer is the crispy puff pastry. You don’t have to make it from scratch. The easy way is to just pick up a box of frozen puff pastry and layer it with these simple ingredients.

In fact, when you use fresh tomatoes, you are making a tomato tart that rivals that of any restaurant!

Tomato tart recipe with puff pastry crust.

How To Make Easy Tomato Tart

Here is a really quick overview of what you’ll need before you begin to make the tart. All the exact amounts and step-by-step directions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

What You Need:

Here’s what you’ll need from the store. The exact amounts are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Kitchen Tools Needed:

Ingredients Needed:

Puff Pastry
Tomatoes
Ricotta Cheese
Egg
Fresh Dill
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Tomato Tart Tips

Before I get to the entire recipe, here are a few tips to keep in mind.

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Use Fresh Herbs

Even though dried dill will still taste delicious, I highly suggest using fresh herbs. They will have abundantly more flavor. Plus it looks fancier with fresh herbs too.

Ricotta Cheese Replacement

If you don’t have ricotta cheese, you can easily use cream cheese in its place. You basically just want a smooth spreadable type of cheese that will taste delicious with the dill and tomatoes.

Add Your Favorite Veggies

This is completely optional, and I chose not to do it. You can certainly chop up some broccoli florets into tiny pieces and sprinkle them on top. Other veggies that might taste delicious on the puff pastry are squash, zucchini, or even some carrots or onions.

Use Store-Bought Puff Pastry

When it comes to working with puff pastry, I highly recommend going for store-bought. Puff pastry can be very challenging to make and the packaged ones are really great-tasting and will save you tons of time!

Ricotta Cheese Quality Matters

For this tomato tart recipe, aim to purchase high-quality ricotta cheese. It’ll make a world of difference!

Defrost the Puff Pastry

Don’t forget to defrost your puff pastry! You’ll likely be picking it up from the grocer’s freezers, so most will need to defrost in the fridge overnight.

Here’s the recipe in the printable recipe card. I hope you enjoy making this – I know I did!

5 from 12 votes

Tomato Tart

Print Recipe

This tomato tart is definitely one for your family’s cookbook: easy to prepare and even easier to chow down on. Everyone will love its flavour profiles and how versatile it is.

Prep Time:20

Cook Time:30

Total Time:50

SERVINGS

Equipment

Medium-Sized Bowl
baking sheet
Parchment Paper
Oven

Ingredients

1 packet puff pastry thawed if frozen
2 tomatoes large, sliced
1.5 cups ricotta cheese
1 egg large
fresh dill
2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Carefully place rolled-out puff pastry on line baking sheet and set aside.
Place your tomato slices on paper towel and cover with more paper towel. This will soak up most of the water from the tomatoes.
In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together ricotta cheese and egg.
Use an offset spatula to spread the ricotta mixture onto your puff pastry, leaving the edges untouched, about ½ an inch.
Place tomatoes on top of the spread ricotta mixture.
Sprinkle with dill, olive oil and salt and pepper.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Cut into square pieces – serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

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Cuisine: American

Keyword: tart, tomato tart, vegetarian snack

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Lisa Favre

Lisa is a full-time content creator who loves to keep busy. You may know her from her blog, Moments With Lisa, where she passionately speaks on home decor, fashion and elegant living. In 2022, Lisa launched her very own accessories line, Legacy Del. Her newest project, Mickey à la Carte, is something she looks forward to working on every single day! On days off, Lisa enjoys going on culinary adventures with her family, scouring fashion racks, and cozying-up with a good book.