Reason You’ll LOVE this Cherry Tomato Tart

There are many but are a few.

• It’s beautiful and elegant – This cherry tomato tart made with vegan puff pasty is a show stopper. Serve this as an elegant lunch, brunch, dinner, or even breakfast, and your family and guests will fall in love.
• It’s simple – The cherry tomato tart has that ‘wow’ factor for very little time put in. It comes together quickly and bakes up in a jiffy. If you need more time or energy to make your own homemade vegan puff pastry, you can use store-bought, most often found in the frozen food section of your local market.
• It’s versatile – You can add various vegetables if you don’t have cherry tomatoes, and you can swap out the mustard and cheeses. You can make it square or round and add as many toppings as you like. Get creative!

Cherry Tomato Tart w/ Vegan Puff Pastry Ingredients

This dish is so simple and calls for only a few ingredients.

• Vegan Puff Pasty – I make my own vegan puff pastry and always have some rolled and turned on hand. If you don’t have time to make it, you can buy it at your local market in the frozen food section.
• Fresh cherry tomatoes – I grow my own cherry tomatoes in the garden, but in the winter months here in New England, I buy them at the market. Whichever way, I try to get the freshest cherry tomatoes possible. Sweet, tart, and bursty!
• Dijon mustard – Dijon mustard has a tangy, sharp, and robust flavor with a bit of spice. It adds a nice, subtle zing to your cherry tomato tart without being overpowering.
• Vegan cream cheese – Vegan cream cheese complements the cherry tomatoes nicely and adds a creaminess to your tart when you bite it.
• Hard cheese – You can use any hard cheese your like. It adds flavor but also absorbs moisture when the tomatoes are baking.
• Fresh thyme – When you bake fresh thyme with tomatoes, it infuses them with flavor.

How to Make Cherry Tomato Tart w/Vegan Puff Pastry

It’s so easy you’ll wish you’d made it sooner!

First, roll out your vegan puff pastry dough to an 8×10-inches. Once rolled, put it in the refrigerator to cool for 20 minutes.

Second, place the vegan puff pastry on your work surface and cut a one-inch strip from two sides. Brush the two edges of the puff pastry with egg whites or milk and arrange the strips on the remaining pastry to form a nice border. Poke holes in the bottom of the puff pastry so it won’t rise. You only want the edges to rise fully and create a beautiful border.

Time to Assemble! Spread on the dijon mustard first. Cover the entire bottom of the vegan puff pastry, but avoid the border

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Third, grate the hard cheese and spread it out evenly over the dijon mustard.

Fourth, using a frosting bag, layer on the cream cheese and then spread it evenly on top of the grated cheese

Fifth, evenly place the cherry tomatoes on the tart until the entire surface is full.

Then, add the fresh thyme.

Finally, score the border of your cherry tomato tart. This will make the presentation even more attractive. Drizzle on some olive oil and place in your preheated oven at 350 for 30 minutes.

Tomato Tart Variations

This recipe is very flexible. Use what you have on hand!

• Swap out the cheese – You can use vegan ricotta or vegan feta to replace the vegan cream cheese, and you can replace the hard cheese with vegan parmesan or any other hard vegan cheese. I get my cheeses from Violife. 
• Swap out the herbs – You can use rosemary or sage instead of thyme. In the summer, when I have loads of fresh basil in my garden, I cover my cherry tart with fresh, leafy basil! 
• Swap out the mustard – There are SO many wonderful varieties of mustard to make or buy at the market. Find a mustard that compliments the tomatoes and experiment with it. Enjoy! 

How to Serve Your Tomato Tart

This recipe is very flexible. Use what you have on hand!

• Swap out the cheese – You can use vegan ricotta or vegan feta to replace the vegan cream cheese, and you can replace the hard cheese with vegan parmesan or any other hard vegan cheese. I get my cheeses from Violife.
• Swap out the herbs – You can use rosemary or sage instead of thyme. In the summer, when I have loads of fresh basil in my garden, I cover my cherry tart with fresh, leafy basil!
• Swap out the mustard – There are SO many wonderful varieties of mustard to make or buy at the market. Find a mustard that compliments the tomatoes and experiment with it. Enjoy!

Voila! This bright and beautiful roasted tomato tart features juicy cherry tomatoes and herbed vegan cream cheese, all layered on an all-butter puff pastry base. It’s a real show-stopper that anyone and everyone will love! Here are a couple of ways the serve your beautiful cherry tomato tart.

• • 5 Ingredient Vegan Bread
  • Vegan Dinner Rolls
  • Arugula & Peach Salad
  • Baby Beet Green Salad

If you decide to try this tomato tart recipe, let me know how it works! I’d love to hear from you.