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🍰 Pear and Cheese Tartlets with Spinach

849 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 0.5 cube fresh yeast (21 g)
• 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• flour (for working)
• 200 g spinach leaves (frozen)
• 100 g whipping cream
• 100 g crème fraîche
• 2 eggs
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• nutmeg (freshly grated)
• 4 pears
• 0.5 lemon (juice)
• 8 slices goat cheese (approx. 35 g each)
• 4 cherry tomatoes

Instructions

1. 1. Mix the flour with the salt in a large bowl.
2. 2. Press a small indentation into the center of the flour mixture.
3. 3. Crumble the yeast into the indentation.
4. 4. Stir the yeast with five tablespoons of lukewarm water until smooth.
5. 5. Lightly dust the surface of the bowl with flour.
6. 6. Let the dough rise covered in a warm place for about 15 minutes.
7. 7. Add the oil and 150 milliliters of lukewarm water to the dough.
8. 8. Knead everything into a smooth dough, adding a little more flour or water if necessary.
9. 9. Knead the dough vigorously on a floured work surface for about 10 minutes.
10. 10. Let the dough rise covered for another 45 minutes.
11. 11. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius using top and bottom heat.
12. 12. Line the tartlet molds (approximately 10 centimeters in diameter) with baking paper.
13. 13. Let the spinach thaw.
14. 14. Whisk the cream with the crème fraîche and the eggs.
15. 15. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
16. 16. Squeeze the spinach dry.
17. 17. Chop the spinach roughly.
18. 18. Stir the spinach into the cream mixture.
19. 19. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 3 to 4 millimeters.
20. 20. Cut out four circles slightly larger than the molds.
21. 21. Line the molds with the dough circles.
22. 22. Form a fluted edge on the dough.
23. 23. Distribute the egg-cream mixture on the dough.
24. 24. Wash the pears.
25. 25. Peel the pears.
26. 26. Halve the pears.
27. 27. Remove the core with a melon baller.
28. 28. Drizzle the pear halves with a little lemon juice.
29. 29. Place the goat cheese discs into the pear halves.
30. 30. Place the pear with cheese on a tartlet.
31. 31. Press the pear slightly into the dough.
32. 32. Wash the tomatoes.
33. 33. Halve the tomatoes.
34. 34. Place the tomato halves in the center of the pear.
35. 35. Bake the tartlets in the preheated oven on the middle rack for about 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 849
• Protein: 29 g · Fett/Fat: 37 g · Carbs: 99 g