Butternut squash, onion and chestnut tarte fine
Celebrate autumn with this vegetable tart by Bryn Williams, boasting butternut squash, earthy sage and chestnuts galore.
Ingredients
For the dressing
- 500ml/18fl oz vegetable oil
- 陆 tbsp white peppercorns, lightly crushed
- 陆 shallot, peeled and chopped
- 100ml/3陆fl oz white wine vinegar
- 25g/1oz Dijon mustard
- 25g/1oz English mustard
- 10驳/鈪搊锄 salt
For the butternut, onion and chestnut tarte fine
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 onions, sliced
- 250g/9oz cooked chestnuts, plus extra for serving
- pinch chopped fresh sage
- plain flour, for dusting
- 500g block ready-made puff pastry
- 1 medium free-range egg, beaten
- 1 butternut squash, peeled, halved and cut into 5mm/录in slices
- 2 tbsp honey
- pinch sea salt
To serve
Method
To make the dressing, mix all the ingredients together in a sealable container and place in the fridge. Leave for 24 hours.
The next day, use a hand-held stick blender to blend the mixture until smooth. Pass the dressing through a fine sieve and set aside.
To make the tarte fine, heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, then add the onions and cook for 5鈥8 minutes, until soft. Add 100g/3陆oz of the cooked chestnuts to the pan along with a pinch of chopped sage and cook until the chestnuts have broken down. Leave to cool.
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Dust a work surface with flour, then roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle measuring 13x30cm/5x12in. Prick all over with a fork.
Brush the sides of the pastry with the beaten egg, then fold in by about 1.5cm/鈪漣n.
Spread a thin layer of the onion and chestnut mixture onto the puff pastry, then place the butternut squash slices on top, making sure it covers the onion but not the folded sides. Drizzle with honey and olive oil then sprinkle with sea salt and bake for 20 minutes or until the pastry and butternut squash are cooked.
To serve, pre-heat a small frying pan and add 4 tbsp olive oil. Once hot add the whole sage leaves and fry for 1鈥2 minutes, until crisp, being careful not to let them burn. Place on a plate with kitchen roll to absorb the excess oil.
Toss the radicchio and dandelion leaves together with the dressing. Cut the tart into three pieces, place the dressed leaves over one corner and finish by slicing the remaining chestnuts over the top and adding the fried sage leaves.
Recipe Tips
The dressing will keep up to 1 month in a sealed container in the fridge.
