Whipped Goat's Cheese and Fig Tarts

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 55mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    9
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    542
based on 7 ratings

Whipped goat cheese, roasted fig, hazelnut, rosemary and honey gluten free savoury tarts.

recipe updated Apr 9, 2025

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    60 g
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    200 g
  • Fresh rosemary icon
    Fresh rosemary
    2 tablespoons
  • Figs icon
    Figs
    4
  • Hazelnuts icon
    Hazelnuts
    50 g
  • Fresh rosemary icon
    Fresh rosemary
    2 sprigs
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Gluten-free flour icon
    Gluten-free flour
    280 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Xanthan gum icon
    Xanthan gum
    60 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    100 g
  • Gluten-free flour icon
    Gluten-free flour
    as needed
  • Goat cheese icon
    Goat cheese
    200 g
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    100 g
  • Whipping cream icon
    Whipping cream
    50 g
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    2 tablespoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
  2. Attach K Beater
  3. Add gluten-free flour, salt, xanthan gum and butter to the Kenwood Bowl
  4. Mix with splashguard fitted until coarse crumbs form - 2 min, Speed 1
  5. Add water to the Kenwood Bowl gradually while machine is running
  6. Mix with splashguard fitted until mixture comes together - 1 min, Speed 1
  7. Wrap with plastic wrap
  8. Refrigerate - 30 min
  9. Line a clean work surface with parchment paper
  10. Dust lightly
  11. Place butter on the work surface
  12. Fold the parchment paper over to cover
  13. Roll the butter into a 10 cm square block
  14. Wrap the butter in parchment paper
  15. Chill in fridge - 15 min
  16. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface
  17. Roll out into a circle
  18. Place the chilled butter block in the centre of the dough
  19. Use a knife to score around the edges of it and set the butter aside
  20. Dust with gluten-free flour lightly
  21. Roll out thinly
  22. Place the butter back in the centre
  23. Fold the thin edges over the top
  24. Flour lightly
  25. Roll into a rectangle
  26. Fold the bottom edge up to the centre and fold the top down to cover the first fold
  27. Turn the pastry block so the folded edge is on the left-hand side – like a book
  28. Repeat the rolling and folding process
  29. Cover with plastic wrap
  30. Chill in fridge - 15 min
  31. Repeat the rolling, folding and chilling process four times
  32. Transfer pastry to lightly floured surface
  33. Roll out until 2mm thick
  34. Cut into squares
  35. Transfer pastry to baking tray
  36. Refrigerate until needed
  37. Clean Kenwood Bowl
  38. Attach Whisk
  39. Add goat cheese, cream cheese, whipping cream, honey, fresh rosemary, salt and black pepper to the Kenwood Bowl
  40. Mix with splashguard fitted until light and fluffy - 1 min, Speed 4
  41. Pre-heat oven - 190°C
  42. Retrieve the chilled pastry from the fridge
  43. Use a knife to lightly score a border around 1 cm from the edge of the pastry square
  44. Lightly score a crisscross pattern inside the border
  45. Add filling to pastry
  46. Top with figs
  47. Drizzle with honey
  48. Sprinkle with hazelnuts
  49. Top with fresh rosemary
  50. Brush with egg
  51. Bake until golden brown - 190°C
  52. Remove from oven
  53. Serve
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