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Grape Tomato Tarts

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I’m not gonna lie…being able to walk to your garden and pick fresh tomatoes and then make amazing things is such a fulfilling feeling.

Our garden has really taken off this year and has allowed me to make many fantastic tomato dishes, like rosa tomato sauce and homemade ketchup, and now these grape tomato tarts. HOLY WOW! They are so delicious!

We have a two varieties of grape tomatoes, red grape tomatoes and sun grape tomatoes which are a beautiful yellow in color.

Grape Tomatoes

To make the tarts you’ll start by making the tart crusts which is delicious cornmeal crust that is light and crisp. You can make the crusts free form, but I found these little paper tart forms that worked out perfectly!

Once you have the tart forms done, it’s a breeze, you put some fresh mozzarella in, then sprinkle in a little shredded mozzarella, then load up the tomatoes, bake and enjoy!

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And just look at how beautiful the tarts come out:

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Then just take little bites of this deliciousness!

Grape-tomato-tarts

Yield: 8

Grape Tomato Tarts

Grape Tomato Tarts
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 minute

Ingredients

  • -For the crusts-
  • 2 Cups All Purpose flour - plus 1-2 tbs for dusting
  • 1/2 Cup Cornmeal
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 Tbs Salt
  • 1 Stick Butter, cold, unsalted and cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 Cup Ice Water
  • -For the filling-
  • 2 Cups Grape Tomatoes
  • 4-6 oz Fresh Mozzarella
  • 1 Cup Shredded Mozzarella, reduced fat part skim
  • 1-2 Tbs Mediterranean Sea Salt

Instructions

  • To make the crusts pulse flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt in a food processor (about 3 times to combine). Then add the butter pieces, pulse about 8 times until the butter is incorporated, then slowly drizzle in the ice water and then process until everything is combined and the dough comes together in the food processor (about a minute). Remove ingredients from the food processor and form a ball. Then out of that ball divide it into two other balls, then repeat that until you have 8 small balls. Flatten into discs. Lay out a piece of plastic wrap, lay 8 discs on it, cover it with another piece of plastic wrap and put in the freezer for half an hour.
  • After half an hour lightly dust a board with flour, then roll out the discs and line tart forms (or free form them into crusts.)
  • Preheat oven to 350. When tart dough is done being formed, add in about half an once to an ounce of fresh mozzarella, then top it with a pinch or two of shredded mozzarella, then lay 8-10 grape tomatoes on top and sprinkle with Mediterranean sea salt. Repeat with all tarts, place tarts on a baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes or until the tops of the tomatoes are browned.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before enjoying!
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    2. Ashley says

      Gorgeous tomatoes! Man, I’m so jealous that your garden is doing so well!! 🙂 Mine, not so much. lol Ah well.

      These little tarts sound completely delicious!

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      • Sweetphi says

        Thanks Ashley, I am totally lucky with my little garden 🙂 Hope yours gets better, and thank you for the lovely compliment about the tarts, they were so good 🙂

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      • Sweetphi says

        Girl, I’d GLADLY make that trade 🙂 We had a net over our little garden at first so that animals wouldn’t eat it, but then the tomatoes were growing through the net so we had to take it off…now the tomatoes are growing like craaaaazy, you’ll have to come over and see them 🙂

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    5. Mellissa Williams says

      These look so delicious, I think I am going to have to make these, they are right up my street. How do you get such good photographs too?

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    7. Michelle Twin Mum says

      It’s always an education when I come to your blog, we call them Cherry tomatoes here. You must spend so much time cooking. Mich x

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      • Sweetphi says

        Thank you so much Mich, I do enjoy spending time cooking, I’m glad it comes across 🙂 You could totally use cherry tomatoes. I use cherry tomatoes and grape tomatoes interchangeably because they are so similar and I think I grow both in my little garden-I’ll update the post to make that note, thanks for pointing that out 🙂

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    9. Vicki Montague says

      Oh wow! Those tomatoes looks so incredible! I am so jealous! I gave up growing them this year because every year they seem to get tomato blight right before picking them…so all the time I have spent nuturing them is wasted when they cannot be eaten! Gutted!

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    10. suzanne3childrenandit says

      These little tomatoes are so full of flavour aren’t they? I love the look of these tarts – my mouth is watering!

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      • Sweetphi says

        Oh yum, I can totally see the addition of basil and caramelized onions really being delicious 🙂 Let me know how you like it, and thanks for commenting Thalia!

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      • Sweetphi says

        Nick doesn’t love tomatoes either unless they’re cooked or baked like in these tomato tarts, he said they’re like little fancy pizzas, but better lol!

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