Hay Hay! It's Donna Day #5!

It's finally time for the next installment of Hay Hay It's Donna Day! Started by the wonderful Barbara of Winos and Foodies, this has become my favorite online blog event. I have the honor of hosting this latest HHDD and I'm tickled pink.

Given my love of Donna Hay and my well-recorded fascination with puff pastry, I chose this asparagus tart from Donna Hay's Modern Classics Book #1. This recipe was easy and quite delicious. The original recipe will be at the end of this post.

I also think that it provided a great springboard for all of you participants out there because...

Your mission - and I know you will accept it - is to show off your best savory tart recipe!  Here are all of the details:

- The theme for HHDD #5 is savory tarts. This means no sweet stuff! Any variation on crust is fine. Use your creativity!

- The deadline for entries to be posted is September 15th. Puff pastry takes 20 minutes to bake so no excuses about not getting one done in 2 weeks! :)

- The roundup will be posted on September 22nd with voting to follow for a week afterwards.

- Please post your entries and clearly mark them as a HHDD #5 post. After you post, please send an email to runningwithtweezers@gmail.com with the following information: your name, the name of your blog, your recipe's name or title, your location, and the permalink to your HHDD post.

- The most creative, original, and delicious looking tart will win a foodie-related prize from your truly and - more importantly - the honor of hosting the next Hay Hay It's Donna Day!

Asparagus Tarts - originally from page 174 of Donna Hay's Modern Classics Book #1

Roll out 375g (13 oz) of puff pastry on a lightly floured surface to 4 mm (1/4 in) thickness. Cut into four 7 cm (2 3/4 in) rectangles. Top with 5-6 trimmed pieces of asparagus spears and sprinkle with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese. Bake on a baking tray lined with non stick baking paper in a preheated 180C (350F) oven for 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.

Thanks to Tony Clark for the lovely photo and for making a mean post-shoot martini! :)

Comments

[Amber]

That looks DELICIOUS.

[Bron]

Gorgeous Tami, I'm in!
Pity I didn't take some photos of the tart I made the other night, still never mind I'll just have to make it again.

Have you promoted the event on IMBB or the Food scool calendar, sticky date etc?

[Tanna]

That looks so very good. I love asparagus.

[lobstersquad]

yummy! great idea. I´m not much of a sweets baker, but savoury tarts are totally my thing. will definitely take part.

[bea at La tartine gourmande]

Oh this looks great Tami.

A quick question. Can I use a post I posted prior to Sep 8th?

[Brilynn]

Would you believe me if I said I'd never heard of Donna Hay until a couple weeks ago when I was reading a forum at chocolate & zucchini about peoples favourite cookbooks? Soooo many people mentioned Donna Hay. To try to make up for my ignorance I will be producing a savoury tart sometime in the next week.

[Emma]

Great theme!

[sam]

i just attempted to make a tart for lunch and it was so disappointing I wont be able to enter it.

[barbara]

Sam - mine was a bit of a disaster also - but I posted anyway.

[sam]

I am attempting tart no 2 now. just heating the oven.

[Dolores]

Good luck with your second tart Sam. At least your oven *heats*. :)

[sam]

oh dolores - i just saw your entry just now and *felt* for you! :(

[eatdrinknbmerry]

Gorgeous asp tart Tami.

[dianka]

i will be cooking all of these things for R and I (or should it be "R and me"? I never know this!)
I have to take a course in English grammar soon, too.

Thank you and I love it.
Dianka