Topping pre-made puff pastry with mushrooms that have been sautéed in a delicious balsamic bath and then layered on melty cheese, these tarts are hard to beat!
Author: The Chef
Recipe type: Appetizer
Ingredients
2 cups cremini mushrooms sliced (they’re also called baby bella mushrooms!)
7 ounces good-quality puff pastry dough cut into 2 rectangles
5 ounces gruyere jarlsberg or emmenthaler cheese, grated
3 shallots cut into rings
1 clove garlic minced
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons soy sauce
½ teaspoon dark brown sugar
4 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Lay puff pastry dough rectangles on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle both rectangles with a generous layer of cheese, leaving a crust-like border around the outside of the pastry with no cheese.
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add mushrooms, shallot rings, garlic, dark brown sugar, soy, and balsamic. Stirring often, let mushroom mixture cook and soften for 8-10 minutes until mushrooms shrink to about half of their original size and the shallots soften and begin to caramelize. Turn the burner off and stir in thyme removed from 2-3 sprigs.
Use a slotted spoon to add mushroom mixture to the top of each pastry, leaving a border around the outside of each pastry uncovered.
After all mushroom mixture is used, sprinkle the top of each pastry with more cheese and a bit more thyme.
Crimp the edges of the pastries with fork (if you’d like to make these extra pretty!).
Bake for 21-26 minutes until pastries are golden brown. Let rest for 5 minutes before enjoying (with wine, of course!).
Recipe by 5* trending recipes with videos at https://food.theffeed.com/2022/11/03/balsamic-glazed-mushroom-tart-puff-pastry/