Tomato Tart With Fresh Mozzarella and Anchovies

- Total Time
- 1½ hours
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Ingredients
- 2cups/250 grams all-purpose flour
- ½teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning tomatoes
- ¼cup/59 milliliters extra-virgin oil, plus 2 tablespoons and a little more to grease the pan
- 1egg, beaten
- 1large garlic clove, grated
- 1cup thinly sliced onion
- 2large tomatoes, sliced ¼-inch thick and blotted
- Ground black pepper
- ½pound fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
- A few pitted niçoise olives, optional
- A few capers, optional
- 8anchovy fillets, rinsed and patted dry
Preparation
- Step 1
Make the dough: Put flour and ½ teaspoon salt in a mixing bowl. Drizzle in ¼ cup oil, egg and ¼ cup cold water, then mix quickly with hands to make a soft dough. If dough seems dry, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Form dough into a rough rectangle, wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Step 2
Heat oven to 425 degrees. On a flour-dusted surface, divide dough in half. Roll out one piece to a rectangle approximately 9 by 12 inches (reserve other piece for future use, or to make a second tart).
- Step 3
Stir 2 tablespoons olive oil and the garlic together in a small bowl. Put rolled dough on lightly greased baking sheet. Drizzle surface of dough with garlic oil. Scatter onion slices over dough. Arrange tomato slices over dough in one layer without crowding, then season with salt and pepper. Top tomatoes with torn mozzarella slices in one layer. Tuck olives and capers here and there, if using. Drape top of tart with intermittently placed anchovy fillets.
- Step 4
Bake for 6 minutes on bottom shelf of oven, then transfer to top shelf and bake for another 6 minutes or until nicely browned. Let cool slightly, then cut into squares. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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I tied this. But I precooked the crust with a hard rub of ev olive oil. At 450 for about seven minutes. took it out and let it rest. After it was cooled a bit I stuck it back in the oven. came out perfect, crunchy and tasty. By the way, I added fresh mozzarella, sliced home grown organic tomatoes, a lit of anchovy paste. No oregano and fresh basil from the garden. It was awesome. When I put the tart back into the oven, I cranked it to 475 F. Came out crispy and very tasty.
soggy horrible crust. toppings great. Maybe make it on a pizza stone next time with the second half of the pastry?
Looks as if the tomato slices had been seeded before placing them on the tart, not merely "blotted.". Otherwise, nothing would stop crust from being soggy. Easy crust intrigues me, so will try with small whole grape tomatoes tossed in olive oil, dried oregano, basil and garlic salt/pepper (perhaps pre-baked a few minutes), add more olives and skip anchovies, maybe add prosciutto or bits of salami?
As is I'd rate the recipe 3/5, but with some small tweaks it gets to 5/5. First, you need to blind bake the crust before adding the tomatoes. I brushed the crust with the garlic oil and baked for 7 minutes at 425 before removing and adding the tomatoes, then finished in the oven for another 7 min. I used the oil from the sardine can to make the garlic oil. It helps to deseed the tomatoes before baking. The crust is good and easy. Will definitely make again with adjustments.
Why not get a quality frozen cheese pizza and add anchovies, olives and extra cheese? eep it simple.
I found the EVOO crust to be something close to "hardtack" and the onions remained almost raw.
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