Portobello Crostata Con Spinaci E Marinara
From keni 14 years ago
- 1 hour to make
- Serves 6
This one came about just by knowing I wanted something with an Italian flavor, but not the usual pasta. Spinach and ricotta are fairly common together, I know, so I just twisted and turned a bit and came up with this pastry based savory Italian pie.
Ingredients
For Pastry Tart
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed but keep cool shopping list
- 1/2 stick butter or 1/4 cup olive oil shopping list
- 8oz fresh baby portobellos, sliced shopping list
- 1 small or 1/2 large red onion, diced shopping list
- 8oz container ricotta cheese shopping list
- 2 cups Mozzarella, grated shopping list
- 1t fresh lemon juice or red wine vinegar shopping list
- 2 -3 cups fresh baby spinach leaves shopping list
- 1 egg, beaten shopping list
- 1t garlic powder shopping list
For Quick and Simple Marinara
*- 1 15oz can diced Italian style tomatoes, drained shopping list
- 1 15oz can tomato sauce shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 2t fresh Italian herbs, minced(oregano, basil, etc) shopping list
- 1t baking soda(IF you want to lower the acidic taste of the sauce without changing the flavor) shopping list
- sea or kosher salt and fresh ground pepper shopping list
- 1/2 cup fresh Parmesan, grated shopping list
- *Please feel free to use your own marinara or even your favorite simple jarred variety. This one was made up sepcifically for this recipe because I wanted it to compliment, but not compete with, the pastry :) shopping list
How to make it
For Pastry Tart
- Spray large cookie sheet or similar pan with cooking spray.
- Lay pastry sheet on tray, all sections opened. See Photo
- Carefully roll sheet with small rolling pin or similar, to an create an area approx 10X12 or so, rectangle.
- With fork, poke several holes in bottom of pastry, but do this only towards the middle of the pastry, not around the edges.
- Combine beaten egg and garlic powder and lightly brush entire surface of pastry. See Photo
- Melt butter in large skillet(I use cast iron) and add onion. Cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and garlic and continue to cook a few more minutes See Photo. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for about 5 minutes.
- In large glass bowl, combine ricotta and Mozzarella cheeses, lemon juice, fresh ground pepper, salt and the mushrooms and onion See Photo. Mix well.
- Spread mixture over pastry leaving about 1 inch around all edges. See Photo
- Lay spinach across top of mushroom mixture in single or double layer.(I did one layer, but will do 2, next time) See Photo
- Carefully bring sides up just slightly over spinach mixture, "tucking" slightly at the corners to form a very short rim around mixture. See Photo
- Bake at 400 for about 17-20 minutes until lightly browned. See Photo
For Marinara
- Combine all ingredients and let simmer entire time you are preparing, and cooking, the pastry.
To Serve
- Cut sections of pastry into serving sizes. Top with a spoonful of marinara and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- This is really good served with grilled Italian sausage links!
The Rating
Reviewed by 1 people-
I've been wanting to make this for a while now & am doing it for dinner tonight. I'm about to put in in the oven, had to make a few changes to suit what I had on hand. First, I bought Pillsbury Pizza Dough b/c they didn't have puff pastry. Second...more
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YUMMM!! We loved this! Will be making it again. Thanks, Keni :)
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