For my recent holiday party, I had originally intended to make tomato and goat cheese tarts, based on a blog recipe that I had saved on my Pinterest board. Unfortunately, after I purchased the ingredients, I discovered that the site with the recipe was no longer active! In addition, I frankly ran out of time before the party to make the tarts for that occasion, so decided to make them later in the week.
I did a bit of internet searching to find a replacement recipe, but ultimately decided to try a few different approaches based on different variations of this puff pastry treat that others had tried.
I kept the thawed puff pastry sheet intact while I threw small chunks of goat cheese on the dough, as well as thin slices from one plum tomato. I also threw on some thin slices of shallots and fresh thyme. Finally, at one end of the dough, I brushed on some dijon mustard which I read adds a good flavor to these tarts?
Ultimately, the result was ok but not a recipe I'll repeat. The French puff pastry I bought was a little too buttery for my taste, and the flavor was altogether too rich with the goat cheese as well. The other accompaniments – the tomato, thyme, shallots and Dijon mustard – didn't do much to cut into those buttery and creamy flavors. So, on to a next set of appetizers!
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