Name: Spinach & Cottage Cheese Tart recipe by Avin Kohli at BetterButter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: For the pastry - 2 cups (250 gms) All purpose flour/ Maida; 100 gms chilled butter; 50 ml chilled water; 1 egg; Salt to taste; For the filling: 2 cups spinach/ palak; 1/2 cup homemade cottage cheese/ paneer; 1 big red onion finely chopped; 1/2 cup cheese; 3 eggs; Salt and pepper to taste; Nutmeg - a pinch

ABOUT Spinach & Cottage Cheese Tart RECIPE

A tart is basically a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. Here I have used very basic ingredient to make the pastry filling. The whole process maybe little lengthy but totally worth the effort. Spinach and cottage cheese together works best as far as the flavours go.

Ingredients Serving: 5

For the pastry - 2 cups (250 gms) All purpose flour/ Maida
100 gms chilled butter
50 ml chilled water
1 egg
Salt to taste
For the filling: 2 cups spinach/ palak
1/2 cup homemade cottage cheese/ paneer
1 big red onion finely chopped
1/2 cup cheese
3 eggs
Salt and pepper to taste
Nutmeg - a pinch

Instructions

Boil the spinach in 1 cup water.
After that drain as much liquid as you can and chop finely. Chop the cottage cheese as well and mix.
To preparing the pastry:
Mix flour, butter & salt until the mixture resembles crumbs. Add the egg. Use water to bring the pastry together. Be careful not to overknead it. Wrap it in a cling film and let it rest for at least 30 min in fridge.
Now roll the pastry about 1/2 inch thicknesses between two sheets of cling film.
Line the pastry in the tin and let it rest for 30 min in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Now blind bake the pastry for 20 min.
After 20 min it should be light brown in the edges.
To preparing the filling:
Saute onions in 1 tsp oil. Add in the spinich & cottage cheese mixture. Mix well.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Let it cool.
Now add eggs, cheese and mix.
Now fill the pastry with the mix and bake to 12-15 min or until done.
Let it rest for 20 min in the tin. Un-mould after that and cut.
Enjoy!!

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