Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
Now this is a totally crazy post. I’ve been trying to write about this recipe since the day before yesterday, but things are really hectic around here the last few days. I had only got sometime today before I took my son to his fencing class and I just seized the opportunity.
I also want to apologize for the pictures as they were taken in a real hurry. Ok, let me just describe you under which circumstances those pictures were taken.
I just took the tart out of the oven and I was prepared to take a picture of it, just like I do every time. Immediately, my son and my husband came and stood next to me having me in the middle with their eyes wide open and their forks ready for battle.
As you can understand, I was in a very stressful situation having two pair of eyes watching every move, waiting for me to finish and start devouring the thing.
They completely ruined my good photographic intentions and I blame them for this lol. Next time I know what I will do. I am going to sneak the food out of the oven or the pot and have it photographed without them even noticing it. Anyway, back to our talking about this tart.
This time of season vegetables and fruits start to make their appearance and I love making things with them. The summer is coming really fast here in Greece and we started wearing our T-shirts and summer pants. The temperature rose to the 30’s Celsius and everyone has started feeling a little bit more optimistic.
I went to the supermarket and I bought fresh zucchinis, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and then I was wondering what to do with them.
To my rescue came Vaggelis Driskas a famous Greek chef and his vegetable tart. When I saw it, I immediately decided how I was going to use my vegetables. I made some minor changes and I went ahead and baked it!
It was a very easy and quick tart packed with Mediterranean flavors. The combination of the specific vegetables and feta and haloumi cheese was amazing!
Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
Ingredients
1 puff pastry sheet (you can make your own or you can use store bought, I was in a bit of a hurry so I used store bought. You can use tart pastry as well).
4 zucchinis cut in quarters
250 gr. /9 oz. fresh mushrooms (I used white button ones), cut in slices
1 red and 1 yellow pepper cut in slices
2 onions, cut in slices
2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
200 gr. /7 oz. haloumi cheese cut in slices
½ cup olive oil
1 cup light cream 15% fat
1 egg
Instructions
Preheat oven at 200° C/390° F.
Take a rectangular pan 30X40 cm. /12X16 inches.
Butter it very well.
Put the puff pastry making sure it covers the bottom of the pan and its sides.
In a bowl put all the vegetables and add the ½ cup of olive oil and mix well.
Arrange the vegetables on the puff pastry.
Throw on top the crumbled feta cheese.
Decorate with the cherry tomatoes and the haloumi.
Beat the egg with the milk or the cream.
Pour it on top of the tart.
Place in the oven and bake at the lowest rack of your oven for about 45 minutes or until the puff pastry is baked underneath.
Take it out of the oven, drizzle some olive oil and throw some fresh basil or rosemary or oregano, whatever you have available.
Serve while is hot.
I am sending this to Full Plate Thursday hosted by Miz Helen.
- 1 puff pastry sheet (you can make your own or you can use store bought, I was in a bit of a hurry so I used store bought. You can use tart pastry as well).
- 4 zucchinis cut in quarters
- 250 gr. /9 oz. fresh mushrooms (I used white button ones), cut in slices
- 1 red and 1 yellow pepper cut in slices
- 2 onions, cut in slices
- 2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
- 12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 200 gr. /7 oz. haloumi cheese cut in slices
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup light cream 15% fat
- 1 egg
- Preheat oven at 200° C/390° F.
- Take a rectangular pan 30X40 cm. /12X16 in.
- Butter it very well.
- Put the puff pastry making sure it covers the bottom of the pan and its sides.
- In a bowl put all the vegetables and add the ½ cup of olive oil and mix well.
- Arrange the vegetables on the puff pastry.
- Throw on top the crumbled feta cheese.
- Decorate with the cherry tomatoes and the haloumi.
- Beat the egg with the milk or the cream.
- Pour it on top of the tart.
- Place in the oven and bake at the lowest rack of your oven for about 45 minutes or until the puff pastry is baked underneath.
- Take it out of the oven, drizzle some olive oil and throw some fresh basil or rosemary or oregano, whatever you have available.
- Serve while is hot.
Pumpkin Gnocchi
I just printed this,it looks perfect for a party I’m planning. I was hoping I would find some vegetable dishes that us non-vegetarians would also enjoy. You always have the best recipes!!
This looks wonderful! Full of spring flavors!
The Hubby would be so excited if I suprised him with this as he loves feta! It’s such a pretty and elegant looking tart! Thanks for sharing!
This is my kind of tart. These flavors are just perfect. I will eat anything with feta!
What an awesome looking tart, looks so fresh with seasonal veggies. Yep guests or family members can ruin a photo sessions…but I think I would have been with them fork in hand lol.
What a beautiful flavorful tart! I am loving everything that went into this, it sounds amazing!
I can just imagine your son and husband ready to battle over this tart! I think I might as well.
Wow, it looks delicious. I love tarts and this looks really good with the cherry tomatoes in it.
Hi Katrina,
What a beautiful Vegetable Tart, with so much flavor. Your presentation is just wonderful! Hope you have a Very Special Week End and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Even if the photos were rushed, I think that tart looks very tasty. I love vegetables and cheese. I would be standing there with my fork ready, too!
Gorgeous tart, Katerina! I know the feeling of trying to photograph dinner while being surrounded by hungry males armed with forks. I’m impressed that you were able to get any photographs at all.
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That’s a lovely tart and it looks delicious! I can understand why your son and hubby are waiting with a fork! I would too!!
Katerina, when I saw your beautiful tart I thought “feta was what I was waiting for on your blog”! Just joking, but apart from feta (and the feta “Greek” salad) I don’t know much about the Greek cuisine… I must say I have already used feta in tarts, but they have never looked so gorgeous and I’m sure didn’t taste as good! A perfect summer dish!
I still have to buy haloumi cheese. Thank you for reminding me. There is only one shop selling it here and whenever I go there, I forget.
Beautiful tart Katerina, I love that you have all kind of vegetables in it…not only looks pretty, looks delicious
In regards to having two pairs of eyes…I am lucky, just one pair of eyes in my kitchen and already drives me nuts…I find this so funny since I sure can relate well to you
Have a wonderful week ahead my dear!
I am completely in love with this meal
Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Those vegetables look so colorful and delicious! I love vegetable dishes like this one.
Ah, I can imagine the pressure of giving up food for eating from a hungry crowd. We sometimes have to literally fight my husband of to take photos
this is such a beautiful tart, it could work perfectly for my vegetarian friends 
Yum! The veg cheese tart looks delicious and super healthy…No wonder your husband and son found it irresistible!
wow looks beautiful..love the colours
No wonder they were standing at ready waiting to dig into that tart. It looks delicious, Katerina! I think your photos look great!
This looks delicious! All our veggies will be ripe in the garden soon and this is going to be a great way to use them up!
Delicious looking and so beautifully constructed!
This looks sooooo good. I bet you had to hold the camera in one hand and fight them off with the other. (Though you are too hard on yourself—the pics are good.)
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Very lovely photos…and this dish looks incredibly delicious! My family is always impatient when they’re hungry! I will definitely be make this one, have already bookmarked it!
Your photo did come out very good. Lovely creation that I would want to make; pining this one. I know what that is like trying to take a picture of the finished product while being watched…the life of a blogger.
Rita
First…I think your photos are great. The tart looks and sounds wonderful. I can see why you had eager family members with forks in hand.
Extremely delicious cheesy tart…..love it!
I can totally understand how two hungry males standing over this dish could make you stress out taking the photos
What a wonderful, meatless meal! I love all of the veggies and the mushrooms for that ‘earthy’ flavor.
Can’t say I blame them a bit, I’d be ready to pounce too, it looks fantastic!
I definitely find it hard to shoot on demand also…but looking at this tart…can you blame them? Delicious!
I have got to stop visiting your blog when I’m hungry. This looks & sounds fantastic!
Ohhh that’s haloumi cheese on top! I have never tried haloumi cheese before. This tart looks very nice. Love to feed these veggie tart to my kids. I think they would enjoy the veggies this way more than just simple form. Very lovely recipe Katerina!
I think your pictures look great!
Your pictures look pretty good to me. I have not made a vegetable tart yet, but this looks like a delicious one to try.
This looks to die for! Amazing!!!
this is such a lovely tart! well done!
Kατερίνα μου εξαιρετική η τάρτα σου και τα υλικά σου.
Την στόλισες πολύ ωραία με το χαλουμι και τα ντοματίνια.
Ασε αυτό με τις φωτογραφίσεις των φαγητών μεγάλος πόνος..αμα τους έχεις πάνω από το κεφάλι σου όλους σε αποσυντονίζουν. Κι εγώ τα ίδια παθαίνω.
Φιλια πολλά
Καλό σαββατο-κύριακο
Ελληνικότατη και νοστιμότατη!
Κατερίνα μου είμαι σίγουρη πως δεν έμεινε ούτε ψίχουλο!!!Καταπληκτική και σίγουρα νοστιμότατη!!!Μπράβο!!!
Φιλιά καλό Σ/Κ!!!
This tart is absolutely beautiful, Katerina! I love that it’s so full of veggies…I’d be tempted to make a meal out of just this! I know I would be completely satisfied!
Oh my, this looks to die for!
All my favorite vegetables and feta – perfect!
Κατερίνα μου η τάρτα σου φαίνεται πολύ νόστιμη και προκλητική!
Λογικό να έγινε μάχη για χάρη της!!
Μ’ αρέσει που έχει τόσα λαχανικά μέσα αλλά και που είναι τόσο ευπαρουσίαστη!
Φιλιά, καλό σαββατοκύριακο!
This tart is absolutely fabulous! I wish I could have this for dinner tonight
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
If that came out of the oven and I was around, I would stand beside you too! Looks amazing!
Υπέροχη η τάρτα σου Κατερίνα!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Μπράβο!!!
I can understand their impatience! I often found myself in similar situations! Love the look of this vegetables tart, looks real scrumptious and am feasting with my eyes for lunch!
looks lovely as well asbeing quick and easy to prepare.
This tart looks absolutely divine, I pretty much have all the ingredients in the frige except haloumi (first time I actually heard of it). Can I use mozzarella cheese instead? Or what is the alternative cheese? Thanks for sharing this mouth-watering recipe with photo
Woooww…..rico pastel me encanta te ha quedado elegante y delicioso,abrazos hugs,hugs.
The feta cheese would really make this exceptional. And yes, I have the same problem with taking food pictures. When I photographed my cake last week, everyone was standing around with forks in their hands!
I can see why they were so impatient! This looks marvelous, my friend.
All the vegetables that went in your tart are my absolute favorites and make me want to live in a world of endless summers. When all these vegetables are available here in the next few months, this tart must be made in my kitchen! I can’t wait!
I’d be right there with my fork waiting too! Your pictures do it the justice it deserves. So tempting and delicious with all those wonderful fresh veggies!
I really like the veggies chosen for this tart, they go so well with the feta. I can see why the rest of the family were hovering over you-it looks delicious. Thanks for sharing this tasty tart recipe!
Katerina, it is brilliant! I know exactly how good it is and why your men were ready to eat it right from the oven! Vegetables and feta cheese plus some dough = success! Perfect! You are not alone taking pictures in a hurry: I often don’t even have a chance to take a picture: two hungry men breathing heavily into my back make even my camera to freeze!
I like how you say it: “The temperature rose to the 30’s Celsius and everyone has started feeling a little bit more optimistic.” You are great! Have a warm rest of the week filled with optimism! 
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Katherna-despite the hurry and uncovenient circumstances you described the pictures are good:)
Here we also have 30 degrees like in Greece:)
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Very delicious! No wonder the men in the house had forks ready for this…I would have mine ready too!
love this type of tarta look delicious!
tart looks so delicious and yumm