Turnip Tart with Curd Cheese and Caraway Pastry

Name: Turnip Tart with Curd Cheese and Caraway Pastry
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 generous pinches cayenne pepper; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 175 g/6 oz plain flour; 2 teaspoons caraway seeds; 1 tablespoon dear honey; 550 g/1¼ lb small turnips; 40 g/1½ oz butter; 75 g/3 oz curd cheese; 75 g/3 oz butter; salt; black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

The peppery flavour of turnips is at its best in this glossy caramelized upside-down tart. It can be served with a green salad or vegetable. The unusual pastry is very quick to make and full of taste.

Ingredients

40 g/1½ oz butter
1 tablespoon dear honey

Pastry
Main course
Vegetarian

Method

To make the pastry, put the curd cheese and butter into a food processor and whizz together briefly. Then add the caraway seeds, flour, baking powder, cayenne pepper and a sprinkling of salt. Whizz again briefly until the mixture sticks together to form a dough. Press the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate while you prepare the filling.

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