Paul Mccartneys Spinach Tart Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Place lined tart pan in oven, bake for 10-15 minutes.
• Gently cook spinach with half the butter, until wilted. Drain and chop finely.
• Heat rest of butter and cook onions until soft.
• Spread spinach and onion over bottom of pie crust.
• In processor or blender blend eggs, yolks, cream, mustard and seasonings.
• Stir in cheese then pour over spinach and onion and return to oven for 20-25 minutes, until top is golden.
• Turn off heat and leave in oven for 5 miutes (may leave oven door ajar to prevent over browning).
• Serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220 degrees C (or 200 degrees fan-forced).
• Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
• Heat butter or oil in a large frying pan, cook mushrooms until brown and tender.
• Keep 1 cup spinach aside, add remainder to mushrooms and cook till wilted.
• Drain on kitchen paper or cook liquid off.
• Combine egg, ricotta and basil in a medium bowl. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Place pastry rectangles on trays. Spread ricotta mixture evenly over pasty, leaving a 2 cm border.
• Top with spinach mixture.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until pastry is browned and crisp.
• To serve, sprinkle remaining fresh spinach leaves over top. Goes well with a fresh tomato salad.

Steps:

• Pour flour into a bowl, add salt and the butter.
• Using fingertips, work the butter into flour until a crumbly dough forms.
• Add the egg yoke and milk, incorporate, and knead dough into a ball.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using 1 tbs butter, grease a 9 inch tart pan with a removable bottom and then dust with flour.
• Using a lightly floured board, roll out the dough into a round shape, making it 1 inch larger than the diameter of the pan.
• Line the prepared pan with the pastry dough and trim.
• In a bowl, combine the blanched, chopped spinach, raisins, whole eggs, cream and Parmesan cheese.
• Mix well and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour into the pastry-lined tart pan and top with the pine nuts.
• Bake in oven until it is golden, about 40 minutes.
• Remove, let cool slightly and then transfer to a serving dish.
• Serve this spinach recipe luke warm or cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 270 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Using an electric mixer at low speed, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. At low speed gradually add the flour. Mix in the pecans with a spatula.
• With floured hands, take out about 1-tablespoon of dough and shape it into crescent. Place the cookies 1-inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Cook's Note: Continue to dust your hands with flour as you make more cookies.
• Bake for 40 minutes. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar while still warm. Cool completely on wire racks and store in airtight containers.