Mushroom Ricotta Cheese Tart Recipe

Mushroom Ricotta Cheese Tart Recipe- Simple Easy Delicious

A perfect treat to any brunch, lunch or dinner. This light and nutritious mushroom ricotta cheese tart is simple, easy and a party pleaser. Use store bought or homemade crust; the filling is so simple and easy that this tart can be ready in less than an hour

I think by now you are aware that I am a big fan of cheese, weather it’s a cheesecake or a savory cheese tart. Ricotta is a very good cheese to use when you want to keep things light because it usually doesn’t alter the texture of the recipe.

I love mushroom quiche and I love my Goats Cheese Tart so I decided to create this one based on those recipes. A little lighter than my Classic Mushroom Quiche but delicious and packed with nutrition.

Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes

• Mushrooms – I love to use a good mix of different mushrooms – champagne, shiitake, chestnut.. Having said that often I have used only the champagne mushrooms because that’s what I can get easily and at an affordable price. So; use what ever pleases you.
• Ricotta cheese – I am using a 5% ricotta cheese to keep this one light but you can use a more indulgent cream cheese here too.
• Herbs – I love cilantro so often my choice of herb is cilantro but parsley works great with mushrooms too!

Homemade or Store bought Pie Crust

If you have see my long and detailed post about Homemade flaky Pie Crust 101 or Homemade Sweet Short Crust Pastry 101 , then you know how I feel about it. Having said that I have been guilty to use store bought when time is not a luxury. I won’t tell anyone if you won’t.

 

Recipe – Mushroom Ricotta Cheese Tart 

Tools

• Quiche/Pie Pan
• Baking Tray
• Chopping Boardand Kitchen Knives
• Pot
• Saute Pan
• Oven

Ingredients 

Single Pie Crust  

• All Purpose Flour – 180 grams (1 1/2 cup )
• Butter very cold – 120 grams  (1/2 stick or 1/2 cup / 4 oz )
• Salt – 3 grams (1/2 tsp)
• Chilled water / Ice water – 50 to 60 ml
• Sugar – 1 tbsp (optional)

To Saute Mushrooms 

• Mushrooms – cleaned and sliced (approx 2 cups or 200 grams)
• Onions chopped – 1/4 cup
• Garlic grated- 1 small
• Herbs  – Cilantro or Parsley – 1/4 cup
• Salt & pepper to taste

Ricotta Cheese Mixture  

• 250 grams Ricotta Cheese  250 gram (1 cup)
• Fresh Cream – 15% or more – 120 ml  (1/4 cup )
• Parmesan Cheese (grated) – 1/4 cup
• Eggs -large 3 nos
• Dried thyme (optional) – 1 tsp
• Salt and Pepper to taste.

Method

Make the Pie Crust / Pastry 

Learn to make the best pie crust in my detailed step by step tutorial – Homemade Flaky Pie Crust 101 

• Cut butter into cubes and keep chilled.
• Place the flour and salt in a bowl.
• Add butter to the flour and cut with a pastry blender, a fork or your hands until you have coarse bread crumb consistency.
• Add a few tablespoons of water until you can make a dough
• Gather the pastry into a disc and chill in the fridge.
• Once chilled roll into a sheet on a lightly dusted work top.
• Drape over a rolling pin and place over a 9″ Pie pan – trim off excess.
• Prick the base with the tines of a fork and let chill in the fridge while you preheat the oven.
• Preheat the oven at 190 C / 380 F – pre bake the quiche shell for 10 minutes or until the pastry is lightly colored

Saute Mushrooms 

• In a skillet heat oil, add garlic and onions. Saute until the onions are translucent.
• Add in the chopped mushrooms, salt and pepper.
• Cook until the water from the mushrooms have evaporated.
• Add Chopped Parsley and set aside to cool.

Prepare the Ricotta Cheese mixture.

• In a bowl add the Ricotta, eggs, cream, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Whisk to combine.

Assemble Tart

• Combine Mushrooms and Parmesan together
• Add the mushrooms mixture to the bottom of the pre-baked tart.
• Pour the Cheese mixture over the mushrooms.
• Use a fork to help the cheese mixture settle into the mushrooms

Bake Tart.

• Bake on the center rack in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes at 170 C / 340 F or until the top is set and slightly golden.
• Cool for at least 10 minutes before you cut into it.

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This is delicious! you will love it.