Blue Cheese and Roasted Beet Tart
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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 Puff Pastry Appetizer 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.
More Great Beet Recipes
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
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.
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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.2-3 beets
- 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.1 package puff pastry, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
- 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.4 ounces crumbled blue cheese, Salt and Pepper
- Remove tart from oven and drizzle with honey and top with chopped basil. Enjoy while warm.1 Tablespoon honey, 2 Tablespoons fresh basil
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.
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