Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Food Network ChallengeEpisode: Gordon Elliott's Door Knock Dinner College Cook-Off

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (10)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(10)

Cook Time:
--
Level:
--
Yield:
20 tarts

Recipe Tools:

Select a Card Size

Add To My Recipe Box

Success

This recipe was added to your Folder_Name folder.

Do not show this message again

Add To My Recipe Box

Please sign in to add this recipe to your Recipe Box.

Ingredients

2 cups fresh diced tomatoes
1/3 cup diced green onions
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil or thyme, optional
1 cup shredded Jack cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 (12-ounce) can Pillsbury country biscuits, 10 count

Directions

Mix together tomatoes, green onions, salt, pepper, and basil together. Place in a colander to drain off excess juice. Mix shredded cheese and mayonnaise together. Fold into tomato mixture.

Pinch each biscuit in half. On a lightly floured surface roll each piece into a circle approximately 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Spoon about 2 teaspoons of tomato mixture in the center of the biscuit. Moisten the edge of the biscuit with you finger using a drop of water. Fold over and press firmly using fingertips to seal entire edges.

Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 12 to15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and brush with melted butter, sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

Next Recipe

More recipes? Try these recommendations:

Similar Recipe

Roasted Vegetable and Goat Cheese Terrine with Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce

Similar Recipes

Recipes Like This

All About…

Comments & Reviews

recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
Kelly San Francisco, CA 10-16-2009
Flag

Crowd Pleaser!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Instead of using fresh basil, I made a homemade pesto and put a dollop of it on each of the shells tarts before I baked them.... I also substituted mozarella cheese for jack. I brought these as an appetizer to a dinner party and they were a huge hit. I agree that the dough was hard to mold and it puffed out a lot while being baked. It was also hard to make them a consistent size because the dough was hard to use. But overall I would definately make these again!Read more
recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
Kaitlyn Warrenville , SC 04-23-2009
Flag

Try These Instead
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have never made this recipe but it looks great! Paula has another tomato tart recipe in some of her cookbooks. I think it... may also solve some of your crust problems. Cut thawed puff pastry into cirles (i use a cup or biscuit cutter - make the circles the size of the tomatoes you use). Then slice a tomato. ( Brush the puff pastry circles with olive oil. Add salt, pepper, and thyme, and grated white cheddar cheese. Put a tomato slice on the p. pastry (it should be smaller or the same size, you dont want the tomato overlapping the p. pastry). Top with grated parmesean cheese. Im not sure the exact temp. but i think its 350...for 20 min (i cook a little longer bc i like my cheese bubbly) :) Im not big on tomatoes but these are sooo sooo good! They are gone everytime and my dad always asks for them. The are easy and very cute. But if your makin the priginal recipe (from this page) maybe using puff pastry for the crust will help :) but i really recommend trying the other recipe :)Read more
recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
Carolyn Belle Chasse, LA 04-13-2009
Flag

Family Easter Gathering
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I saw this recipe when a friend was reviewing this website. So I planned to use it for a family Easter gathering. The first... thing I decided to do was change a few things. I'm all about easy, but I love to cook from scratch. First, I substituted the tomato and onion mix for pica de gallo which add alittle kick to the tart. Second a used cream cheese instead of mayonnaise. After reading the other reviews using biscuits, I decided to use crescent rolls. This worked great. This recipe was to make and didn't take alot of time. The family loved them.Read more
recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
karen pasadena, MD 08-20-2008
Flag

iron chef pasadena party
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These looked so good I deceided to make them for our 3rd annual iron chef pasadena coof-off held @ our home. We have over 200... people attend so it was quite a challenge but they are so good. I used a pasta machine to flatten the biscuit dough, then shaped them like a draw string purse. time consuming, but oh so pretty. baked them and froze. the day of the cook-off (9/6/08) I will pop them back in the oven for 5 min and just like fresh. I tested a few first to make sure they would hold up to freezing. After making 200 I changed to freezing them unbaked and tested again. Still awesome. thanks, Paula for a yummy addition to my appetizers for the Iron Chef Pasadena guests. 400 tarts later I am glad them are done.Read more
recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
Leslie Sedona, AZ 06-30-2008
Flag

Hit of the party
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have made these several times for friends at a casual gathering and a wine tasting and both times they were a huge hit. ... Several guests own restaurants and are chefs and they were delighted with a thumbs up, easy and taste great.Read more
recipe Hot Tomato Tart Appetizers
Larry Tampa, FL 12-14-2007
Flag

Sun Dried Tomatoes
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I had these tarts at a party and loved them so I thought I would try them for a party I was hosting. I used already prepared... pie crust instead of biscuit dough---perfect. For the filling I tried sun dried tomatoes----to me, not so good. The tomato taste was too concentrated and TOO SWEET. Stick with fresh tomatoes.Read more