Quick, easy French tomato tart recipe…very, very tasty!

Well as our thoughts turn to summer and the days get longer and warmer, salads are starting to make their way back onto the menu! This easy, peasy tomato tart recipe makes a perfect accompaniment to a salad for a light lunch or serve up a slice for an evening meal starter. 

 

 

INGREDIENTS

I x  packet of puff pastry… ready rolled is great and in France you can buy it already shaped in a round, but if not available ready rolled rectangular is fine.

3=4 large red ripe tomatoes

2-3 teaspoons of Dijon  Mustard

1-2 cloves of garlic

1/2 teaspoon of Herbes de Proovence

Drizzle of olive oil

Salt and Pepper

50g of freshly grated parmesan

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 190 degree C

Place the puff pastry on greaseproof paper on a baking sheet, prick with a fork and spread evenly with the Dijon mustard. Scatter over the crushed garlic.

Slice the tomatoes thinly and place on the base, drizzle with a little olive oil, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle over the Herbes de Provence.

Finish by sprinkling over the grated parmesan and place in the oven for approximately 30 minutes.

Serve with a green salad and a glass of chilled pale pink rosé, delicious!

 

 

 

Perfect Provençal Rosé

I don’t think I know of anyone who doesn’t like a glass of shell pink, refreshing rosé on a warm sunny day or a balmy summer’s evening.

A combination of terroir, climate and years of wine-making experience mean that Provence is well documented as producing some of the best rosés in the world.

Whilst the gongs were being handed out (rightly or wrongly!) at the Oscars in Hollywood on Sunday, Paris was hosting its own awards ceremony, giving out gold, silver and gold medals for the country’s wine producers.

Domaines, estates, cooperatives and chateaux in the Var region, where we live part of the year, were awarded medals by the bucket load, which just goes to show how successful a wine region it is. Not just for the rosés but for reds and whites as well.

Spoilt for choice, we thought we would just list a few gold medal winners within a stone’s throw of our farmhouse:

Rosé gold medal winners

• 2016 Grande Cuvée, Domaine de Nouresse in Vidauban
• 2016 Bastide de Castel, Co-operative in Vidauban 
• 2016 Cuvée Annenciade Cellier des Archers in Les Arcs
• 2016 Domaine la Maurette, in La Motte
• 2016 Jas d’Esclans in La Motte
• 2016 Cuvée Speciale. Chateau Astros in Vidauban
• 2016 Juliette, Chateau L’Arnaude between Lorgues and Vidauban
• 2016 Clos des Crostes, Chateau Les Crostes, Lorgues (our nearest wine)

For more information on the full list of winners in the red and white categories, as well as more winners in the rosé category visit

http://www.varmatin.com/vie-locale/decouvrez-quels-vins-varois-ont-ete-distingues-au-salon-de-lagriculture-2017-117382