Charcuterie Puff Pastry Tart
This popular Charcuterie Puff Pastry Tart with pesto is basically a glorified charcuterie board, cooked on a flaky puff pastry crust. It’s better than pizza, and is quick and easy for an impressive, light meal. This tart is also delicous served hot or warm!
Are you craving a charcuterie this weekend? Perfect for last-minute entertaining, this Charcuterie Puff Pastry Tart is really easy to assemble and always a crowd favorite! It starts with store-bought puff pastry that gets topped with delicious charcuterie toppings, or maybe you’re starting off with leftovers from this Epic Charcuterie Board. It’s crispy, savory cheesy–all in one bite!
Charcuterie Puff Pastry Tart
This easy charcuterie tart with puff pastry is a great weeknight meal served with our favorite house salad.
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Puff pastry tarts are really simple to make, and our version is also versatile. You can swap out various cheeses with cured meats, with or without pesto (use a red sauce, truffle oil, chimichirri sauce), and different herbs. You can serve a tart warm or at room temperature, making it perfect for a Sunday brunch.
Why I love this recipe
- It’s savory – I love the combo of salty meats and cheeses and sundried tomatoes on puff pastry. It pairs well with your favorite wine and a side salad for a classy light dinner.
- Super easy – This recipe uses store-bought puff pastry, making it as easy as defrosting the sheet of pastry, to adding your favorite ingredients and baking to perfection. If you love puff pastry, you may also love our Eggs in Puff Pastry (also fun to serve for brunch or dinner).
- Use charcuterie leftovers – Use leftovers from your weekend charcuterie board, from the night before. Chop up the meat, olives, etc. and just add cheese!
- No pizza dough – The easy charcuterie tart ingredients requires no pizza dough, which means that cooking with puff pastry is a quick kitchen hack (for pizza dough). I love this!
Gather these ingredients
- Egg
- Pesto
- Salami slices
- Mozzarella cheese
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Crumbled Parmesan
- Thyme sprigs
- Olive oil
How do you make a charcuterie tart with puff pastry?
- Line a medium-sized baking sheet with parchment.
- Place your rolled out puff pastry onto the baking sheet. Spread the pesto in the center, leaving a 1-2’’ border around the edge.
- Place on the cut salami in a single layer, followed by the mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Fold the edges of the pastry over and in about 1’’, then brush with the egg wash.
- Finish the tart with a dusting of crumbled Parmesan, making sure to get the crust as well as the center. Bake until browned and puffed.
Print off the full recipe at the bottom of this post.
How to serve a tart
Serve warm with fresh thyme sprigs and a drizzle of olive oil.
Slice it and enjoy with a big crunchy green salad. So good!
Great served for a Sunday brunch or an appetizer–just cut up and serve on a charcuterie board, or eat warm with a bright side salad for dinner.
Tips and substitutions:
- This is a simple appetizer (or small dinner) to make for a small gathering of four people—I would compare it to a puff pastry pizza appetizer. It’s easy to make and requires little preparation. All of the ingredients have a long shelf life, so I typically have them all on hand in the refrigerator or freezer.
- You can swap the salami for any cured meat.
- Or the pesto for a chimichurri or other herbed, oily spread.
- The mozzarella can be replaced with cheddar or Gruyere, and the sun-dried tomatoes–try oily artichoke hearts or olives.
Start small … make a dinner invite!
Thinking about the world we live in today, what can we possibly do in our small, ordinary lives to make any difference? That’s a hard question to process, but we all need to forge ahead toward the future!
I say start small, and invite some neighbors over for a small bite, and get to know them!
More charcuterie recipes to try:
Try our Leftover Charcuterie Board Pizza. So good.
I love a good recipe that uses leftover charcuterie foods, like this Italian Salami Tomato Tart or Epic Charcuterie Board for Two.
Get the Recipe:
Charcuterie Puff Pastry Tart
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed and rolled into a 10-12’’x10’’ rectangle (rounded, imperfect edges are fine)
- 1 egg + 1 Tbsp water, beaten, for egg wash
- ⅓ c pesto
- salami slices, cut into thirds
- 3 slices fresh mozzarella
- ¼ c sun-dried tomatoes, in oil
- ¼ c crumbled Parmesan
- Fresh thyme sprigs to garnish
- Olive oil to drizzle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a medium-sized baking sheet with parchment. Place your rolled out puff pastry onto the baking sheet. Spread the pesto into the center, leaving a 1-2’’ border around the edge. Place the cut salami in a single layer, followed by the mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes. Fold the edges of the pastry over and in about 1’’, then brush with the egg wash. Finish the tart with a dusting of crumbled Parmesan, making sure to get the crust as well as the center. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until browned and puffed.
- Serve warm with fresh thyme sprigs and a drizzle of olive oil.
Notes
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I loved this recipe so much . It’s really awesome