Scottish Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Tart is a delicious combination of smoked salmon, soured cream egg custard, and fresh asparagus spears. Perfect for outdoor summer entertaining serve with a simple salad.
It’s an ideal recipe for summer lunches and picnics and would easily grace a summer buffet at a wedding or other occasion because it’s fairly straightforward to make.
Make a shortcrust pastry case and bake it blind. You can buy the uncooked pastry or even a ready-made pastry case if you are not confident about pastry making or simply don’t have the time.
Use Scottish smoked salmon or another good quality smoked salmon. This gives the tart a delicious smoky, salty taste that makes it so moreish.
Asparagus spears are less expensive this year, supermarkets are stacking them high and selling them cheap, I just hope that doesn’t mean the farmers are struggling to make their profit margins and also that it doesn’t affect the quality.
These spears certainly are very fresh and the woody bottom of the stem broke off with a satisfactory snap!
Make the custard with milk, eggs and a little soured cream. This brings together all the ingredients into a tasty Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Tart.
Salads to serve with Scottish Smoked Salmon & Asparagus Tart
Chilli Fennel and Walnut Pasta Salad is a really tasty combination of soft pasta pieces and fresh vegetables.
Lemon and Mint Tabbouleh Salad is a fresh and flavourful bulgur wheat salad with tomatoes, mint and parsley, tossed in a garlic and lemon dressing and drizzled with a mint flavoured extra virgin olive oil
Showcase ripe and delicious tomatoes in this simple Tomato Salad with Basil and Garlic.
More savoury tarts
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Pete’s Courgette, Blue Cheese, and Cherry Tomato Quiche – Kavey Eats
Creamy Courgette Puff Pastry Tart – Family, Friends, Food
Tomato, Black Olive, and Goat Cheese Galette – Foodie Quine
Three Allium Smoked Chilli Tart – Tin & Thyme
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Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Tart
Ingredients
For the pastry case
- 225 g plain all purpose flour
- 110 g butter diced
- 40 g lard or vegetable baking fat diced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 whole egg beaten
For the filling
- 200 g Scottish smoked salmon
- 250 g asparagus
- 1 whole egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 200 ml soured cream
- 50 ml milk
- ground black pepper
Instructions
To make the pastry
- Sift the flour into a bowl
- Rub the fats into the flour with your fingertips until they resemble breadcrumbs, or whizz it up in your food processor.
- Add the salt and the beaten egg and mix to a dough, adding a little cold water if necessary. Try not to handle the dough too much as this makes it tough.
- Wrap the pastry in clingfilm and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
- Roll out on a lightly floured work surface and use to line a 28 cm/11 inch loose-bottomed flan tin.
- Cover the pastry with greaseproof paper or foil and fill with baking beans or any raw dried beans.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for 20 minutes.
- Remove the beans and paper and return the pastry case to the oven for 5-10 minutes until lightly coloured.
- Leave to cool .
For the Filling
- Preheat the oven to 170 C/325 F/Gas mark 3
- Lay the smoked salmon in the base of the pastry case.
- Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus, simply bend the spear and it will snap off at the right place, lay the asparagus spears across the tart, alternating the direction of the heads.
- Beat the whole egg and egg yolks and add the soured cream and milk and blend together, add a few grinds of black pepper, no salt is required as the smoked salmon is quite salty.
- Place the flan tin onto a baking tray and gently pour the egg and cream mixture into the flan.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until set.
Kavey Favelle says
Ooh I love the look of this, two favourite ingredients in a quiche, another favourite! Yes please!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks, Kavey, they are certainly some of my favorites too.
Rachel Cameron says
Looks delicious, will be having a go!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Rachel, I’m sure you’ll love it as much as we did.
Camilla Hawkins says
Your quiche looks wonderful Janice, must try making this as I’ve never used sour cream in quiche before. Thanks for linking to my picnic quiches:-)
Dannii says
Smoked salmon and asparagus is such a delicious combo, and we often have it for breakfast. But I love the look of this tart.
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Dannii, I guess you could eat this Tart for breakfast too! I’ve had quiche for breakfast in the USA, it makes sense when you think about it.
Claire Jessiman says
Ah Janice you’ve captured all my favourite flavours right there! There does seem to be a lot of really chunky Asparagus around at the moment a wee bit piled high and sold cheap. I’ve managed to get local Scottish but at close to £5 a bundle.
Janice Pattie says
Goodness, that is expensive. Hope it was super delicious 😋
Jan Bennett says
Oooh now this looks so good! I’m going to have a go at making this 🙂
Janice Pattie says
Aw thanks, Jan. It was really good, but with those ingredients, you can’t really go wrong!
Michelle @ Greedy Gourmet says
Can’t go wrong with smoked salmon and asparagus. Oh, you have me drooling for a tart now!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Michelle, glad you liked it.
Glamorous Glutton says
We live very close to an asparagus farm so this would be perfect, Mr Glam does love a tart!! I agree about the worry when supermarkets sell the produce cheaply which is why, if I can I like to buy from producers. GG
Janice Pattie says
Oh lucky you living close to an asparagus farm. Better be quick, the season is nearly over!
Emma @ Adventures of a London Kiwi says
This. Sounds. Simply. Amazing. I need to make this asap!
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Emma, it’s a simple thing, but those ingredients make it special.