Heirloom Tomato and Ricotta Tart

Heirloom Tomato and Ricotta Tart

Heirloom Tomato and Ricotta Tart

Not worth making this unless you have good, home grown, lovely tomatoes. It is too simple not to use the best ingredients.

1 sheet frozen puff pastry (thawed)

1/2 C. ricotta cheese (fresh homemade is perfect here!)

5 heirloom tomatoes (it is gorgeous with multiple colors, but that’s not required)

Flaky sea salt (Maldon, for example)

Fresh thyme

Preheat oven to 400F.  Place puff pastry on a sheet of parchment paper and gently roll with a rolling pin to even out pastry. Place parchment with puff pastry on a baking sheet and evenly spread puff pastry with ricotta leaving a 1-inch perimeter of puff pastry as you go. Sprinkle ricotta with salt and fresh thyme leaves. Bake pastry for 15 minutes. While the pastry bakes, slice your tomatoes into 1/4 slices (you will need 3-4 slices of each color, depending on the size of your tomatoes). Remove pastry from oven and let cool at room temperature for about 10 minutes. Top pastry off with tomato slices and sprinkle tomatoes with salt and thyme leaves. Slice and serve.

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