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Pumpkin pesto tart

• Anna Glover

Published: October 12, 2021 at 12:06 PM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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Use chilli pesto to add a lovely warming kick to this pumpkin, pine nut and chilli pesto tart. It’s great served warm with rocket salad and can easily be made ahead. And better yet, it’s sturdy enough to eat without a plate!

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Make this impressive pumpkin pesto tart, then check out our pumpkin pie, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin soup and more pumpkin recipes.

Cook’s tip: Boost your plant points

"F0r a vegan twist, I used vegan soft cheese made from nuts (an extra plant point), as well as vegan chilli pesto, and swapped parmesan for nutritional yeast. You could also sprinkle more nuts and seeds on top for extra plants."

Note these changes to the recipe will alter the nutritional information displayed.

Here are more ways to boost your plant points and plant-packed recipes.

Pumpkin pesto tart recipe

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 500g block puff pastry

• 100g ricotta

• 4 tbsp chilli pesto

• 1 small round pumpkin

  peeled, seeds removed, thinly sliced

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp pine nuts

  toasted

• 50g rocket or baby kale

• 1 red chilli

  cut into thin strips

• 20g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative)

  shaved into long strips using a vegetable peeler

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal469

  low

• fat33.7g

• saturates13.4g

• carbs30.7g

• sugars3.3g

• fibre2.9g

• protein9.1g

• salt1.3g

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Method

• step 1

  Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured worksurface to the thickness of a £1 coin – it should be about 40cm x 40cm. Cut out a circle using a large plate or lid as a template (or keep it square, if you like), then carefully transfer to a sheet of baking paper and chill until needed. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 4 with a large baking sheet inside to heat up.

• step 2

  Mix together the ricotta, half the chilli pesto and some seasoning in a small bowl. Score a 1cm border around the edge of the chilled pastry using a knife, then prick the middle all over a few times with a fork. Spoon the ricotta mixture into the middle, gently spreading it to the scored border. Toss the pumpkin in a bowl with 1 tbsp of the oil and some seasoning, then arrange in a spiral over the ricotta, slightly overlapping the slices as you go. Carefully slide the tart, on its baking paper, to the hot baking tray and bake for 40 minutes until the pumpkin is tender and the pastry cooked underneath (check by carefully lifting up one side using a spatula).

• step 3

  Mix together the remaining oil, pine nuts and pesto. Toss the rocket with the chilli and parmesan, and pile this in the middle of the tart, then drizzle over the pesto dressing.

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Anna GloverSenior food editor

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