Caprese Tart

  • Yield: 12 servings
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 15 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

  1. Special equipment: 12 individual tartlet pans with removable bottoms
  2. Preheat oven on to 375 degrees F.
  3. 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.
  4. Lay the dough rounds in the pans and press down to fill in the corners. Trim excess dough.
  5. Brush bottoms of dough shell with olive oil and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake for 6 minutes until bottom is cooked but blonde.
  6. 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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LYNNE W.

I have made this several times for company all to rave reviews. I toss a little micro greens (many grocery stores sell them now), with a little olive oil and serve this on top. Especially good if using heirloom tomatoes. The more flavor the tomatoes have, the better the outcome. I slice the tomatoes and mozzarella and let drain a few minutes on paper towels. This would help those who thought the dish was too soggy.

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