Caprese Tart

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Surprise Party

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

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Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
--
Yield:
12 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 25 min

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Ingredients

Butter, for brushing pie tin
Cornmeal, for sprinkling
Pie dough (store bought, about 6 large pieces of dough)
1/4 cup Parmesan
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 medium-sized round vine ripened tomatoes, sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 pounds fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/3-inch slices
10 basil leaves, for garnish

Directions

Special equipment: 12 individual tartlet pans with removable bottoms

Preheat oven on to 375 degrees F.

To assemble tartlets: Take the tart pans and brush with butter and liberally sprinkle with cornmeal. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 12 individual tarts. Dough circles should be larger than the pan to fit properly.

Lay the dough rounds in the pans and press down to fill in the corners. Trim excess dough.

Brush bottoms of dough shell with olive oil and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake for 6 minutes until bottom is cooked but blonde.

Sprinkle the tomato slices with salt. Layer the tomato slices and mozzarella slices into the pan, overlapping the pieces in a circle, until all the ingredients are used. Season with salt and pepper. Bake tarts for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Right before serving, garnish top with torn basil. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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recipe Caprese Tart
debbie el dorado hills, CA 02-05-2009
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Fab-u-lous!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Easy to make and perfect for a light dinner w/salad. I did use fresh moz. cheese and had no problem w/sogginess. I baked... the empty tart for 20 minutes, then added the parm. cheese and cooked another 5 min. After adding the tom. (roma tom.) and moz. cheese, it still cooked for another 15. It is rich tasting!Read more
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Lisa healdsburg, CA 11-24-2008
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These were great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Had an appetizer party trying out many of the 5 star rated recipes on here and these got great reviews all around. Used... some French frozen pie dough at our grocer that was incredibly light and flakey. So, I may have lucked out on that. Served them at room temp. Definitely a keeper!Read more
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linda valencia, CA 07-08-2007
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soggy but tasty
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

the recipe was easy but i made a 1 large tart and it turned out soggy. the tart was soggy too any ideas on how to fix... problem?Read more
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Anonymous 03-06-2007
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caprese tarts
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband loved these. I will fix these again. quick and easy and taste great.
recipe Caprese Tart
Michele Hazlet, NJ 06-15-2006
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Fab
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Big hit!!
recipe Caprese Tart
LORA Grand Canyon, AZ 05-12-2006
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Fantastic
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was really easy to make and oh so good. I layered some fresh spinach since I had it. The flavors and colors are so... beautiful. You will love this. Thanks Michael!Read more