Sweet, roasted beets are combined with blue cheese on top of a rich and buttery puff pastry to create an appetizer or main dish that is a symphony of flavors in your mouth.
For about as long as I can remember, I have hated beets. The world fell in love with beet salads and I kept my stance that I do not eat beets. Then, during our visit to California, one of the courses of our prix fixe menu was a beet and goat cheese dish. I fell in love instantly and started seeking out all things beets. Once home, I created a roasted beet and blue cheese tart that gets made at least a few times a month.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe:
- Tastes amazing! From the buttery puff pastry to the creamy blue cheese to the sweetness of the beets brought out by roasting them…the combination of flavors is perfection.
- Easy to make! The frozen puff pastry in this recipe makes it quick and easy. You can also buy pre-roasted beets to make it even faster.
- Lunch, Dinner, or Appetizer! You can make this recipe as one full tart or smaller tarts depending on when you want to serve them.
- Options! You can easily make different variations of this recipe to suit your tastes. Some examples are:
- Swap the blue cheese with goat cheese.
- Drizzle with hot honey.
- Use a mix of golden and red beets.
- Change the seasoning.
Ingredients for Roasted Beet and Blue Cheese Tart:
- Puff Pastry – Frozen puff pastry makes this tart come together so easily. Be sure to thaw it before you are ready to work with it so the puff pastry doesn’t break when you are unfolding.
- Beets – I used regular red beets but you could easily substitute or golden beets or do a mix of both.
- Olive oil – Choose a high quality one.
- Seasoning – Salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Blue cheese – You can buy a wedge of blue cheese and crumble yourself or take advantage of the crumbled options at the grocery store.
- Honey – The honey is the perfect topping to these tarts.
- Fresh basil – A fresh herb is great for garnishing and adds a little extra fresh flavor to the recipe.
I usually make these into little appetizer sized tarts but you can also make it a full sized tart and cut to slices of your preferred size. The cooking time may vary slightly for the larger sized tart.
If you love this blue cheese and roasted beet tart, be sure to check out these other great recipes with beets:
- Honey Mustard Beet Noodle Salad
- Beet Noodles with Blue Cheese Sauce
- Beet and Wild Greens Salad with Fried Goat Cheese
- Moroccan Beet Salad
Roasted Beet and Blue Cheese Tart
Sweet, roasted beets are combined with blue cheese on top of a rich and buttery puff pastry to create an appetizer or main dish that is a symphony of flavors in your mouth.
Ingredients
- 1 package puff pastry, thawed
- 2-3 beets
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
- Salt and Pepper
- 4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 2 Tablespoons fresh basil, chopped.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Wash and trim tops off of beets. Wrap in foil and place in preheated oven. Cook for 1 hour or until softened. Unwrap and peel off skins. Slice into thin slices.
- Unfold puff pastry piece onto rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil and Italian seasoning. Brush onto puff pastry dough.
- Sprinkle a light layer of crumbled blue cheese on top of oil. Top with sliced beets. Season with salt and pepper. Then, spoon additional blue cheese on top of beets. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Remove tart from oven and drizzle with honey and top with chopped basil. Enjoy while warm.
Notes
- You can cut the puff pastry into 3 inch squares after unfolding to create smaller, individual tarts. Reduce the cooking time to approximately 20 minutes (start watching after 15 minutes) for the smaller tarts.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 276Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 298mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 5gProtein: 5g
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You can see the entire recipe prepared from start to finish in this video:
This looks absolutely wonderful. Love the colors, love the flavors! Thanks for sharing with us on Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesdays
Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
These look different and amazing. Pinning
Sounds absolutely delightful!!!
I am not a big fan of beets but I just might enjoy these. Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday…
Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up – Would love to have you give us a comment at the party!
This looks perfect for the holidays! Thanks for the lovely share.
I have just pinned your fantastic Roasted Beet Blue Cheese Tart and can’t wait to make this recipe. We just love beets and this will be a great holiday recipe. I really appreciate you sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you have a great week and come back soon!
Miz Helen
These look amazing. I would never have thought to put beets and blue cheese together! Thanks for sharing these!
This sounds so interesting and cheery! Thanks for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It!
I am just over the moon to learn about this recipe. The combination sounds divine, and is so festive looking. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for putting it out there!
To me beets are perfect in any dish and this one is no exception! I love the blue cheese in it too:)
I know exactly what you mean, I never really liked beets when I was young I think mainly as my mum didn’t so I didn’t really have them or if I did, they were over-vinegared. But as an adult I’ve grown to love them and now have them often. Sounds like a tasty tart – I made a pizza with a similar combination (plus bacon and arugula) so have a good sense. Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday.
That looks so good! I used to feel the same way about beets – but then I joined a CSA and had to figure out how to make them edible. I eventually landed on raw beets on salads as being not too bad and have since branched out. What a great combination – these would make such an awesome holiday appetizer!
Oh yummy. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Shared. Happy Holidays!
I am not the biggest blue cheese fan but I LOVE beets!! This looks delicious!!
Thanks for sharing at Bloggers Spotlight.
This is one of the most unique and delicious tarts I’ve ever made. The sweetness of the roasted beets is so good with the blue cheese. Yum.