Recipe

Roast Vegetable Tart

2
Mins
Prep time
25
Mins
Cook time
6
Serves

A quick no fuss recipe to use up any leftover roast vegetables from your fridge.

Bread & Grains
Dairy
Vegetables
Vegetarian
Roast Vegetable Tart

This roast vegetable tart is an easy use it up recipe that transforms leftover roast veggies into a crispy tart that makes for a quick lunch or light dinner. It’s perfect for when you have containers of roast vegetables in the fridge and need a clever way to avoid food waste. It’s so easy to spread pesto on puff pastry and top with yesterday’s veggies and cheese. This recipe is also endlessly flexible as you can swap the pesto for passata or caramelised onion and use whatever roast vegetables and cheese you have. You can even add extras like olives or herbs to make it extra tasty! So, when you’re facing leftover roast vegetables that need using, give this roast vegetable tart a try.

Need

1 sheet of puff pastry
2 cups of leftover roast vegetables
1 handful of cherry tomatoes (optional)
4 tbsp pesto (or passata)
½ cup any soft cheese (we’ve used feta)
1 egg, whisked 

How

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius.
  2. Roll out puff pastry onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper and prick the pastry all over with a fork and brush with egg.
  3. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes, or until just golden and cool slightly. Once removed from the oven, reduce oven temp to 180 degrees celsius.
  4. Gently push any puffed bits of the pastry down, then spread on a base, we’ve used pesto, but you could also use passata, fetta, caramelised onion – whatever you have!
  5. Scatter on leftover roasted vegetables and add cheese and cherry tomatoes.
  6. Return to oven and bake for 8-10 minutes.
  7. Enjoy!