Asparagus and gruyere tart with new potatoes

by Paul Warburton on 09 April 2010  |  2 comments
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Check out this amazing recipe for asparagus and gruyere tart with new potatoes – for £1.50 per person!

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Asparagus and gruyere tart with new potatoes (Serves 4)

This is a really nice simple spring dish perfect for when you just want to get home and enjoy the evening. Asparagus is just coming into season and instead of just steaming and serving asparagus as a side dish, make it the main event. Asparagus works great with gruyere and this simple tart lets it do the talking.

Ingredients

• 350g of asparagus (£2)
• 200g of gruyere (£1.99)
• 500g of Jus Rol puff pastry (£1)
• 640g of organic new potatoes (£1)

The cupboard staples...

Salt, black pepper and butter

Total cost

If you already have the cupboard staples, then according to mysupermarket.co.uk, this trolley was cheapest at Tesco’s where it came to £5.99 - that's £1.50 per head!

Instructions

• Pre heat the oven to 185C as you need it up to the correct temperature to cook the pastry.
• Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface and then place on a greased baking sheet and on to a baking tray. Now grate the gruyere cheese on to the pastry (make sure you leave around 1cm of space between the edge for the pastry to rise) and season with a little black pepper.
• Finally lay the asparagus across the cheese and season with salt and brush the tart all over with melted butter. Place in the oven and cook until brown all over – this will take around 30 minutes.
• Serve with new potatoes – buttered and with mint if you have!
• Happy eating!

A bit about the Frugal Recipes chef, Paul Warburton

Paul Warburton, a lovemoney.com staff member, had a hectic career in the world of hot kitchens and screaming chefs before joining the lovemoney.com products development team.

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During these years, under the tutorage of some great chefs, he honed his skills in cooking for numbers within a tight cost and portion-controlled environment.

Now he's planning to regularly offer his help to all budding chefs in the lovemoney.com community, so you can enjoy his original, low-cost recipes with your family and friends every Friday for free!

What lovemoney.com readers have said about Paul's other recipes

"We enjoyed this recipe very much: easy to make and even easier to eat!" varneyrob

"I made this recipe and it was absolutely delicious! Seriously good! Five of us feasted on it, and feasted well..." Ibeshy

"I made this recipe on Saturday night, and my 13 year-old son promptly requested it again for the following night!" Malcolm Wheatley

"This is a cracking risotto recipe. Just had it for lunch & it's a winner. More recipes please. Thanks." SavvyLass

"Another delicious offering from Paul. Thank you - keep 'em coming!" Palefire

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If you like this recipe, why not also try Paul's other Frugal Recipes: | Haddock fishcakes with radish and watercress salad and lemon crème fraiche dressing | Prawn and pea risotto Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ | Hot chocolate fondants with crème Chantilly | Shin of beef, kidney and ale pie Tandoori chicken with coconut rice & mint raita | Homemade gnocchi with a tomato & thyme sauce, spinach and ricotta  | Frugal Pancakes | Griddled black pudding, chimichurri mash and caramelised apples  | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice  | Lamb koftas with a feta, mint and chickpea salad & chilli grilled pittas  | Pork, rosemary and white bean ravioli with a chilli tomato sauce  | Sausage & leek casserole with parsley dumpings | Pork, chorizo & cannellini bean stew | Rabbit, bacon & thyme pie | Potato rosti with creamed spinach and poached egg | Pumpkin and sage risotto | Slow braised oxtail with autumn mash | Spiced whole mackerel with chickpea salad | Twice cooked belly pork (with gravy) parsnips and sweet apple red cabbage | Roasted pheasant | Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington | Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone | Massaman curry |  Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit  |Rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash and Savoy cabbage | Lemon & rosemary chicken thighs |  Thai Pollock curry with egg noodles | Chunky pea and ham soup| Spaghetti alla carbonara | Pork stroganoff | Green chilli meat balls, sunflower seed couscous salad and mint yoghurt |  Tagliatelle with air dried cured ham and minted peas | Beef, thyme and mushroom loaf with potato dauphinoise | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Egg Florentine with smoked cheddar and rocket salad | Beef, mushroom and thyme pie | Spicy tuna, bean and coriander lasagne |  Beef koftas with a feta, spinach and fresh mint salad | Chorizo and pea risotto | Sausage and rosemary hotpot | Beef & thyme (Lancashire) hotpot

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