Tomato and anchovy tart

This Tomato and anchovy tart recipe is a simplified version of the traditional French pissaladière tart. It boasts lots of flavour and thanks to the crumbly shortcrust pastry, makes a perfectly portable summer lunch.

Ingredients

  • 1 shortcrust pastry

  • 1 brown onion

    finely diced

  • 2 cloves garlic

    chopped

  • 1 tin (400g) diced tomatoes

  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar

  • 2 tbsp capers

  • ¼ cup pitted black olives

  • 8 anchovy fillets

  • extra virgin olive oil

    for drizzling

  • 3 tbsp freshly shaved parmesan

  • basil leaves

    to serve

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Eggs

Contains Fish

Contains Gluten

Equipment

  • 1 tart tins
  • 1 heavy-based saucepan
  • 1 oven

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C conventional (160°C fan-forced).
  2. Roll out the pastry and line four individual tart tins or one large tin.
  3. Blind bake the pastry.
  4. To make the filling, heat a little olive oil in a heavy-based saucepan over medium heat and cook the onions for a few minutes, until they are soft and translucent.
  5. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes.
  6. Then pour in the tomatoes, reduce the heat and cook at a gentle simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Stir through the vinegar, capers and black olives.
  8. Divide the tomato mixture between the tart shells, top with a crisscross of two anchovies and bake for 15 minutes.
  9. Remove from oven and drizzle with olive oil, shave over parmesan and top with a few basil leaves.

Notes

Tip
If you don't feel like making pastry cases you can always buy ready-made ones from the supermarket.
Variation
You can make this up as four individual tarts as we have done here or make one large tart and then serve with a peppery rocket salad.

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