Tasty Asparagus Tart

And not to mention SUPER EASY to make too!!

Ok, this has been sitting in my draft box for a while. I've made this twice and was really popular both times!!

Not to mention its pretty healthy too - well, in terms of it being vegetable dish.

I used ready made puff pastry. Thaw it slightly. Using the back of a butter knife, draw a smaller box (but do not cut through the pastry, just mark the lines sufficiently) and with a fork, 'stab' the pastry all over. This is to keep the puff pastry from puffing too much - gee that sounded funny but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

In pre-heated oven, bake pastry for 15-20 min until slightly golden brown.

Be generous and spread some marscapone cheese on top, then arrange your asparagus on top.

Sprinkle some cheese of your choice. You can top with some herbs or spices like paprika or just some freshly cracked black pepper. For a spicy 'kick', I like it with a hearty dash of Ichimi Togarashi (japanese red pepper flakes).

Bake until the cheese melts and is golden brown.

Slice and serve warm.

Do give this a try.
Its one of those simple dishes that is almost effortless to prepare and yet comes out totally elegant and everyone will enjoy, what's hard not to like - layers of crispy puff pastry and cheese...YUM (oh, and of course healthy veggies too)!! By the way, an alternative to asparagus is to use zucchini - think arranging a row of green and then yellow to contrast would definitely come out very pretty too.