Ultimate Mother's Day Asparagus Tart
This elegant and easy tart with a puff pastry crust combines asparagus, prosciutto, and mascarpone.
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
Ingredients
Asparagus Tart
- 1 bunch asparagus trimmed
- 1 puff pastry sheet, defrosted
- 4 oz prosciutto
- fresh basil
- olive oil spray
Filling
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese, room temp
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 tbsp pesto
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium sized bowl mix together the mascarpone, pesto, parmesan cheese, egg, and salt and pepper.
- Roll out the puff pastry until it's an even thickness.
- With a sharp knife, score a 1" boarder around the puff pastry. This will be the boarder crust.
- Use a fork to poke holes all inside the boarder. This will prevent the pastry from puffing too much where the filling is.
- Spread teh cheese mixture inside the boarder.
- Arrange the asparagus and prosciutto on top of the mascarpone mixture.
- Spray with olive oil spray.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
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