I saw something like this pea tart recipe somewhere. I thought I knew where, but when I came to make it, I couldn’t find it, so had to start from first principles. You could just as easily call this a pea quiche as a pea tart

What is in a pea tart

There aren’t many ingredients in it and it’s pretty simple to make. Just 3 ingredients in the pastry and 4 in the filling. If you aren’t familiar with making pastry, oil pastry is just about the simplest method in that you tip 3 ingredients into a bowl and stir it! I do encourage you to have a go if you haven’t managed it before.

Other vegetable tart recipes

Vegetarian tarts and quiches are versatile and very useful recipes to have in your repertoire. I will be experimenting with this particular savoury tart recipe, as I do, and trying it with all kinds of different vegetables. I liked the garlic in it, but it isn’t vital, so leave it out if you don’t like it or haven’t got any.

Or you could add numerous alternative flavourings, depending on which vegetable you are using, for example

• finely chopped mint with peas
• lemon zest with sweetcorn
• orange zest with carrots
• soy sauce / oyster sauce with mushrooms
• horseradish with peas or cauliflower

Alternative tart fillings

• Sliced and cooked mushrooms – cooked so most of the water is removed before cooking in the tart shell
• Sweetcorn should work well
• Finely diced carrot
• Cauliflower florets, cut small
• Broccoli florets, cut small
• Mixed frozen vegetables, defrosted
• a mixture of any of the above

Do try some fillings and see what you come up with – I’d love to know!