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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (130g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 220
Calories from Fat 164		(74%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 18.3g	28%
	Saturated Fat 10.9g	54%
	Monounsaturated Fat 5.0g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 1.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 199mg		66%
Sodium 477mg		19%
Potassium 290mg		8%
Total Carbohydrate 4.1g		1%
	Dietary Fiber 1.0g	3%
	Sugars 2.0g
Protein 10.7g		21%
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Very Rustic Spinach and Feta Tart (Side Dish or Maybe ...)

Recipe #350071 | 45 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: Zurie
Jan 16, 2009

A very simple, tasty, CRUSTLESS tart to throw together in minutes! This, to me, is so typical of the wonderfully casual way in which Mediterranean French dishes are made, quickly, fresh, and no-nonsense. I used a pillow pack of pre-washed baby spinach. If you need to wash it, dry in a salad spinner or dry well with paper towels, or you might have too much liquid. This is the very simplest of rustic dishes, requiring not much in the way of seasoning. Add garlic if you wish. Do not add salt if using a salty feta! Very nice with any meat main dish. (You can use swiss chard or any other spinach-type veggie). Please see other suggestions in the directions!

SERVES 6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

7 ounces spinach, baby leaves (200g, or use chard or other spinach)
7 ounces feta cheese (200 g, blotted dry if in brine)
1/2 cup green onion, chopped (125 ml, spring onion, or shallots)
1/2 cup heavy cream (125 ml, I used a thick creme fraiche, or use sour cream)
4 eggs, largest size
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (5 ml, or use any hot sauce)

Optional

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground (optional)

Directions

1
Heat oven to 350 deg F/180 deg Celsius If you have a convection/fan oven, lower heat slightly.
2
Grease a normal-sized pie tin or tart plate with butter.
3
In a large bowl, tear up the baby spinach leaves (or whichever spinach or chard you have). To make this less "rustic", LOL, you can chop the leaves finely!
4
Crumble the feta cheese over the leaves and add the chopped green/spring onions.
5
In another bowl, beat the cream with the eggs until well beaten and very smooth. DO use thick cream: the creme fraiche we get is slightly softer than the consistency of cream cheese, which is great! Or use sour cream, which is thicker than plain cream.
6
Add to the bowl of vegetables, Tabasco, and if you like, the nutmeg.
7
Stir this whole funny mess together.
8
Scrape into the greased tart plate, and bake in the pre-heated oven for 30 - 35 minutes, When done, it will be puffed up slightly in the centre, and will not wobble when you shake it.
9
Can wait in a warming oven.
10
NOTE: this recipe can be "refined" by slicing the dried leaves finely, and the final mixture baked in individual tartlet tins. In that case, serve it with a topping of thick yoghurt (Greek style) seasoned with a little salt, pepper, and a sprinkling of paprika. This way, it can be little tartlets for a buffet or other occasion -- and it will still be quick and easy to do.