Morel tart

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Savory tart dough for 10\" tart
Raw rice; for weighting shell
2 cups Sercial Madeira
1 cup Finely-chopped onion
3 tablespoons Unsalted butter
1 pounds Morel mushrooms; chopped fine
2 pounds Cultured mushrooms
1 teaspoon Dried thyme - (to 2 tspns); crumbled
4 ounces Cream cheese
Salt; to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste
2 larges Eggs; beaten lightly
2 cups Milk
2 packs Enoki-dake mushrooms; bottom 2\" cut off
And discarded; for garnish, (available at
Some markets & specialty produce markets)
Fresh lemon juice; for brushing the
Enoki-dake mushrooms
Chives or scallions greens; cut into long
Julienne strips for garnish

Directions

Roll the dough into a round ⅛-inch-thick on a floured surface and fit it into a 10-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Prick the bottom of the shell lightly and chill the shell for 1 hour. Line the shell with wax paper, fill the paper with the rice, and bake the shell in the lower third of a preheated 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. Remove the rice and paper carefully and bake the shell for 5 minutes more, or until it is golden. In a large skillet cook the onion in the butter over moderately-low heat, stirring, until it is softened, add the morels and fresh cultivated mushrooms, and cook the mixture, stirring, until the liquid the mushrooms give off is evaporated. Add the Madeira, the thyme, and cook the mixture, stirring, until the liquid is evaporated. Add the cream cheese and salt and pepper to taste, cook the mixture, stirring, until the cream cheese is melted, and let it cool. Stir in the eggs and the milk and pour the mixture into the tart shell. Arrange the enoki-dake decoratively along the edge of the tart, brush them with the lemon juice, and bake the tart in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.

Let the tart cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes and remove the rim carefully. Transfer the tart to a platter and garnish it with the chives.

This recipe yields 12 hors d'oeuvre servings.

Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # CL-E246 broadcast 05-24-1998) Downloaded from their Web-Site -

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11-22-1998

Recipe by: Sara Moulton

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