Thursday, September 17, 2009

Cherry Tomato and Goat Cheese Pie

The hot weather continues in Minneapolis so light meals are in order. With all the beautiful tomatoes in season right now, I decided a tomato tart with a salad would hit the spot. Well, I originally planned for this to be an open-faced tart but as I was making it thought why not top it with more crispy phyllo and make it a pie. Really can you have enough flakey, crispy phyllo?
Cherry Tomato & Goat Cheese Pie
(I wished this looked as good as it tasted!)

Use the most flavorful tomatoes you can get for this dish, they will make all the difference. I used black cherry tomatoes but you can really use whatever you have.

Cherry Tomato and Goat Cheese Pie

9 sheets of phyllo dough
oil olive
1/2 t dried basil
2 oz goat cheese
8 - 10 cherry tomatoes, sliced
salt & pepper

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Lay one sheet of phyllo dough on a silcon pad or greased baking pan. Brush with olive oil. Place another sheet on top & brush with olive oil. Repeat with another sheet. Sprinkle with basil. Top with another sheet of phyllo & brush with olive oil. Repeat with two more sheet of phyllo brushing with olive oil between each sheet. Crumble goat cheese on top leaving a 1-inch border on all sides. Top the goat cheese with the tomato slices. Season with salt & pepper. Top with a sheet of phyllo dough. Brush with olive oil. Repeat with two more sheets of phyllo brushing with olive oil between each sheet. Fold the edges over 1/2-inch sealing the edges.

Bake for 25 - 30 minutes until crispy & brown.

2 servings.

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9 comments:

  1. KristinSeptember 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    WOW that looks AMAZING!!! We've been getting locally made goat cheese and Mom supplies us with tomatoes ..... I will definitely try this one for lunch sometime!!!

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  2. ThistlemoonSeptember 17, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    This sounds like perfect treatment of tomatoes! I bet this was sweet and delicious! Oh and as a side note, I am happy to hear that we are not the only ones still suffering in all this HEAT.

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  3. vanillasugarblogSeptember 17, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    who cares what it looks like...I'm certain that tasted really good.

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  4. graceSeptember 17, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    nonsense--this looks great! i love phyllo dough, it's just a magical ingredient. great light meal, kat!

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  5. Jersey Girl CooksSeptember 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    Oh, that looks so good.

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  6. MarisSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:53 AM

    Sometimes the best meals aren't that pretty - it still looks delicious though!

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  7. TinaSeptember 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    Sounds great. Will try it (now that it is cooler and the oven won’t heat up the hole house even more) with those late tomatoes instead of the daily tomato-salad.

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  8. KarineSeptember 19, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    I love the combo of basil, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese of your recipe. This looks wonderful!

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  9. JessSeptember 22, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    How excited am I to see these great vegetarian recipes? I'm making the switch from meat-eater to vegetarian, and it's always awesome to find new recipes that look so delicious. I can't wait to try this!

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