Asparagus puff pastry or asparagus puff pastry tart is the perfect, healthy meal to ring in Spring! This vibrant and tasty puff pastry and asparagus recipe are perfect for celebrating Easter and wonderful for all of your Spring gatherings. Made with fresh asparagus, puff pastry, mayo mustard sauce, and fresh parmesan, this is one recipe you'll come back to again and again!
French Asparagus Tart is wonderful any time of the year but is especially lovely during the Spring months and at Easter.
This asparagus wrapped in puff pastry recipe pairs well with my Lavender Coffee recipe which is lovely hot or iced, my Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake Recipe this asparagus appetizer puff pastry also pairs well with my Creamy Lemon Pasta With Chicken recipe, or my Mizithra Cheese Browned Butter Pasta recipe and a lovely dessert to pair with this is my Gluten free lemon bars recipe.
Need a refreshing cocktail recipe? Check out my Basil Blueberry and Peach Vodka Spritzers or my classic Italian Iced Coffee Shakerato.
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- 🌿Asparagus Puff Pastry Ingredients
- 🌿 Instructions For How To Make An Asparagus Tart Puff Pastry
- 🌿 Spring Asparagus Tarts
- 🌿 More Delicious Spring Recipes
- 🌿 Storage Tips For puff pastry asparagus recipe
- 🌿 Frequently Asked Questions
- 🌿 Pin This Recipe For Later 🌿
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- 🌿 Storage Tips For puff pastry asparagus recipe
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🌿Asparagus Puff Pastry Ingredients
What you'll need for delicious asparagus in puff pastry appetizers asparagus tart
- Asparagus (seen everywhere at local farms and grocery stores right now)
- Lightly Floured Puff Pastry sheets (make sure to thaw frozen puff pastry )
- Black Pepper
- Cayenne pepper
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Fresh Parmesan Cheese
- Melted Butter
- Lined sheet pan (you don't need a lightly floured surface for this recipe because we are lining our baking pans with a baking sheet )
You can find a great set of baking sheets here.
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🌿 Instructions For How To Make An Asparagus Tart Puff Pastry
How to Make Spring Asparagus Tarts This is the easiest puff pasty asparagus recipe around.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
Step 2: Now we are going to make our "puff pastry boat" for the asparagus to sit in. Lay puff pastry out on the prepared baking sheet. Fold edges up to create a ½-inch wide border. Prick the inside base of dough completely with a fork.
Make sure to prick the entire dough of the puff pastry. This ensures the dough will cook properly.
Step 3: Bake in the preheated oven until golden and puffed, about 10 minutes. Press the puffed center down with the back of a fork to deflate.
Step 4: Your puff pastry boat should look like this after you have let the air out, and now it needs to cool for 10-minutes.
Step 5: While the puff pastry boat is cooling, let's make our asparagus. We are only going to blanch cook our asparagus for 60 seconds. That's it! Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add asparagus and cook uncovered until bright green, about 1 minute. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes until cold to stop the cooking process. Drain.
Step 6: Let's make our dijon sauce for this asparagus with puff pastry asparagus in puff pastry recipe. You will need mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.
Step 7: Stir mustard, mayonnaise, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl; spread into the bottom of the cooled tart shell.
Step 8: Lay asparagus spears, trimming as necessary to fit the tart shell, in the center of the tart on top of the mustard spread. Brush melted butter, or olive oil over the asparagus and crust and sprinkle Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over the top. You can also dab the crust with egg wash.
Step 9: Bake in the oven until pastry is golden brown and asparagus is tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
🌿 Spring Asparagus Tarts
If you wanted to make this easy asparagus tart recipe a little different you could turn these into puff pastry bundles by separating the dough into a triangle and folding it over into wraps around the asparagus. You could then add asparagus prosciutto and brie puff pastry bundles asparagus bundles. This is another fun asparagus appetizer idea. Asparagus puff pastry bundles are also fun to make!
You could also add cream cheese to the puff pastry for a cheesier flavor. You could also make this a asparagus and feta puff pastry tart by adding some feta cheese.
If you wanted to add a protein to this recipe, you could do ham wrapped asparagus.
🌿 More Delicious Spring Recipes
This is a delicious asparagus pastry recipe that should be added to your asparagus tart recipes list asap. You won't regret it!
🌿 Storage Tips For puff pastry asparagus recipe
Make sure to store any leftovers in a glass, airtight container and stash it in the fridge. It will keep for up to three days, but this recipe is best consumed right away.
🌿 Frequently Asked Questions
Do You bake puff pastries before filling?
For this recipe, yes, we pre-bake the puff pastry, but it depends on the recipe you are making.
What is the edible part of asparagus?
You can eat the entire asparagus, but it's best to trim the bottoms off.
How do you make asparagus not stringy?
You never want to overcook asparagus, only boil it in a double broiler for 60 seconds, seriously, that's it! Any more and it loses it's flavor, texture, and crunch.
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📖 Recipe
Asparagus Puff Pastry
Ingredients
- 1 6x9 inch sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 pound Asparagus rinsed and trimmed
- 1 tablespoon Mustard
- 1 tablespoon Mayonnaise
- 1 pinch Ground black pepper
- 1 pinch Cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons melted butter
- Freshly grated Parmasen Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
- Now we are going to make our "puff pastry boat" for the asparagus to sit in. Lay puff pastry out on the prepared baking sheet. Fold edges up to create a ½-inch wide border. Prick the inside base of dough completely with a fork. Make sure to prick the entire dough of the puff pastry. This ensures the dough will cook properly.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and puffed, about 10 minutes. Press the puffed center down with the back of a fork to deflate.
- Your puff pastry boat should look like this after you have let the air out, and now it needs to cool for 10-minutes.
- While the puff pastry boat is cooling, let's make our asparagus. We are only going to blanch cook our asparagus for 60 seconds. That's it! Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add asparagus and cook uncovered until bright green, about 1 minute. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes until cold to stop the cooking process. Drain.
- Let's make our dijon sauce for this asparagus with puff pastry asparagus in puff pastry recipe. You will need mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.
- Stir mustard, mayonnaise, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl; spread into the bottom of the cooled tart shell.
- Lay asparagus spears, trimming as necessary to fit the tart shell, in the center of the tart on top of the mustard spread. Brush melted butter, or olive oil over the asparagus and crust and sprinkle Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over the top. You can also dab the crust with egg wash.
- Bake in the oven until pastry is golden brown and asparagus is tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
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