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Tomato & Denhay Cheddar Tart

8/5/2014

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Recipe by Mat Follas for The happy egg co.
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Tomato & Denhay Cheddar Tart


SERVES 4

  75g Denhay cheddar (or a good quality aged cheddar)
6 small vine ripened British tomatoes

Short Pastry
200g plain flour
150g unsalted butter
Large pinch salt
1 happy egg

Custard
150ml double cream
150ml milk
1 happy egg yolk
4 happy eggs

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To make the Tart

Short pastry
Chill or freeze the butter, chop into as smaller pieces as possible,
or grate with a cheese grater. Mix the butter, egg, flour and salt
in a bowl using a fork until it’s the consistency of fine crumbs.
Chill in the fridge for ½ hour.

Squeeze the mixture together to form a ball of dough, rollout on
a cool, flat, floured surface, then place in the tart dish. To blind
bake, fork over the pastry, line with parchment paper, fill with
baking beans and place in an oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven, leave to cool, then remove beans and
parchment paper.

Glaze with a beaten egg (or the spare egg white (whisked) from
the custard filling)
and place back in the oven for 2 minutes.
Remove and put to one side.

Custard
Whisk the ingredients together and pour into the tart base.

To complete
Freeze the cheese for ½ hour and grate it with a cheese grater.

Sprinkle the Tomatoes and the cheese over the surface of the tart
and cook at 140°C for 40 - 60 minutes until it has a firm wobble.


The happy egg co.
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In 2010, I was proud to be asked to become brand ambassador for the happy egg co.
The happy egg co. is the UK’s number one brand of free range eggs, and believe that hen welfare is key.

The happy egg co. are firmly of the belief that happy hens lay wonderfully tasty eggs, which is why they want to be experts in hen husbandry and ahead of the game to make sure the girls are as happy as can be. They’ve even won a Good Egg award from Compassion in World Farming in recognition of all their hard work.

They believe that hens enjoy being busy and that’s why they not only provide wide open pastures for the hens to roam and forage, but also equip all of their farms with an assortment of activities to enhance the hens’ natural environment. This includes play kits for perching, sandpits, trees and brashings. Only specially selected British free range farms are chosen to become happy egg farms, all of which are approved by both the British Lion Standard and RSPCA Freedom Food.
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