Golden puff pastry tart topped with multicolored roasted carrots, pine nuts, and fresh herbs on a wooden tray.

Colourful Carrot Tart with Ricotta

Name: Colourful Carrot Tart with Ricotta | NEFF UK
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 kg mixed carrots; 1 puff pastry sheet; 1 lemon; 1 shallot; 1 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp maple syrup; 1 tsp chili flakes; 250 g ricotta cheese; 20 g pine nuts; 15 g dill; 1 bundle parsley; salt; pepper; oil (for frying)

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Anyone can cook

Difficulty

Medium

Total time

60 min

Cooking time

55 min

Ready to add a vibrant splash of colour and gourmet elegance to your next meal or gathering? Our Colourful Carrot Tart with Ricotta recipe is a true showstopper. We're talking about delicate, sweet carrots artfully arranged on a creamy, rich ricotta base, all baked to perfection in a flaky, golden crust. It’s a fantastic way to transform simple ingredients into an impressive, flavourful dish that’s as beautiful to look at as it is delicious to eat, all with minimal fuss. Get ready to discover how easy it is to create a tart that tastes like it came straight from a high-end patisserie, right in your own NEFF kitchen.

Ingredients

4 Servings:

1 kg mixed carrots

1 puff pastry sheet

1 lemon

1 shallot

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp chili flakes

250 g ricotta cheese

20 g pine nuts

15 g dill

1 bundle parsley

salt

pepper

oil (for frying)

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200° Circo Therm®. Halve or quarter carrots lengthwise, depending on thickness. Zest the lemon and then cut it in half. Slice shallot into fine rings.

Person slicing multicolored carrots on a wooden board, surrounded by lemon, herbs, pine nuts, and spices.

Step 2

Heat some oil in a large frying pan on Induction Hob heat setting 8 and sauté carrots for approx. 10 minutes. Then add shallot rings and fry for approx. 3 more minutes. Then deglaze the pan content with juice of half a lemon. Then add butter, maple syrup, and chili flakes. Simmer for approx. 3–5 minutes. until carrots are glazed.

Hand using tongs to cook colorful carrot sticks and sliced onions in a frying pan on a black stovetop.

Step 3

In a small bowl, mix the ricotta with the lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Roll out the puff pastry onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and spread with the ricotta.

Hand spreading creamy mixture on parchment paper over a baking tray with a spoon, next to a bowl of the same mixture.

Step 4

Spread carrots in a single layer on top of the ricotta. Choose Added Steam Intensity Level 2 and Bake the tart in the oven for approx. 5 minutes with Added Steam to puff up the pastry, then continue baking for approx. 10 minutes, until the tart is golden brown and the carrots are soft enough. Then spread the pine nuts over the tart and bake for approx. another 5–8 minutes. or until the nuts turn golden brown at the end of the baking time.

Person using tongs to arrange roasted multicolored carrots on a creamy spread over parchment-lined baking tray.

Step 5

In the meantime, coarsely chop the dill and parsley. Remove the tart from the oven and garnish with chopped herbs. Slice it up and enjoy!

Person chopping fresh green herbs on a wooden cutting board with a large kitchen knife.

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