“Make it Local” for Holiday Entertaining The perfect recipes for holiday entertaining start with locally-grown ingredients. Enjoy these delicious recipes on one occasion or throughout the season. When shopping at your local grocery store, farmers’ market and on-farm market, think local, shop local and cook with local ingredients. Roasted Carrot Tart is a mouthwatering, colourful and easy-to-make savoury tart. The tart is filled with a creamy cheese mixture and topped with tasty roasted carrots. Serve as an appetizer, entrée, or a side with a salad. Perfect for entertaining! Make this delectable Layered Vegetable and Cheese Bake at your next celebration. This side dish of thin slices of sweet potatoes, parsnip and butternut squash layered in a cream sauce and topped with Cheddar cheese delivers on flavour. Enjoy this delicious entrée, Pork Loin Roast with Apple Cider Sauce. The roast is pan seared, spread with an herb mixture and then oven baked at a low temperature. Serve this tender and juicy roast with apple cider sauce. Your family and friends will love it. For a dessert that will easily impress your guests, try this beautiful Roasted Apple Pavlova with Salted Caramel Sauce. The meringue nest is topped with whipped cream, roasted Ontario apples and drizzled with a salted caramel sauce. Enjoy preparing and enjoying these delicious recipes throughout the holiday season with your family and friends. During the upcoming weeks, the Town Crier will feature the recipes for the above mentioned dishes – we hope you enjoy them! Roasted Carrot Tart Preparation Time: 20 minutesRoasting Time: 25 minutesBaking Time: 20 minutesServes 8 1-1/2 lbs (750 g) multi-coloured Ontario Carrots, cut in half lengthwise3 tsp (15 mL) vegetable oil1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin1/2 tsp (2 mL) smoked paprika1 cup (250 mL) Ontario Ricotta Cheese1/4 cup (50 mL) cream cheese, softened2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped fresh Ontario Dill2 tbsp (25 mL) Ontario Honey1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt1 sheet (225 g) frozen puff pastry, thawed and refrigerated In large bowl, toss carrots with oil, cumin and paprika; place cut-side down on parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheet. Roast in 425°F (220°C) oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender. Set aside. In small bowl, combine ricotta, cream cheese, 1 tbsp (15 mL) each of the dill and honey and salt. On baking sheet, unroll puff pastry leaving pastry on parchment paper. With tip of knife,score 1/2-inch (1 cm) border around all edges. With fork, poke entire surface of pastry. Spread cheese mixture over pastry to border; top with roasted carrots, cut side down, cutting carrots if necessary to fit. Bake in 400°F (200°C) oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Brush carrots with honey. Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining dill. Cut and serve. Nutritional Information:1 ServingPROTEIN: 7 gramsFAT: 18 gramsCARBOHYRATE: 27 gramsCALORIES: 290FIBRE: 2.5 gramsSODIUM: 340 mg – Printed with permission from Foodland Ontario
Roasted Carrot Tart
