Quinoa Heirloom Tomato Tart is filled with summer heirloom tomatoes packed in quinoa oat flour crust with arugula-goat cheese pesto! I like to call it “summer in a tart”!
This tart or should I say tart muffins, as I baked them to golden perfection in a muffin tin, are the epitome of summer. Light, fresh, full of vibrant colors and summery. This tart wants you to go out and enjoy summer in full force, may be have a picnic with your friends or a perfect weekend dinner with some soup.
If you know me by now, you know how I have to stop myself from buying all the colorful summer produce but these tomatoes were destined to be in my shopping cart. I could just eat them by handful.
This tart was purely coincidental. I had this arugula bunch which I wanted to turn into some kind of pesto but I could not come up with a creative way to use them. Then I had this quinoa crust concept in mind which I had been wanting to experiment for quite a few days. So I decided to marry both the recipes together.
I won’t lie that initially in the testing phase, I made only 1 of these tarts. I remember sitting on my desk with this tart and a cup of coffee. I was not sure if I will even like it. To my surprise, I literally inhaled it in mere 2 minutes max. I immediately went in the kitchen and I was at work making these for dinner! No doubt, everyone loved them.
P.S I suggest serving them warm and drizzled with lots of balsamic glaze and some goat cheese!
- For base:
- 1.5 Cup Quinoa Flour (You can grind your own by using 1 cup quinoa to yield about 1.5 cups quinoa flour)
- 1/4 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp basil, dry
- 1/4 tsp oregano, dry
- 1/4 tsp parsley, dry
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup warm water
- ~ 2 tsp almond milk (optional) (You can use water instead)
- For Arugula-Goat Cheese Pesto:
- 2 cups arugula, packed
- 3 garlic cloves
- Salt to taste
- 3 Tbsp pine nuts
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 oz goat cheese
- 1/3 cup spinach
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- Balsamic Reduction:
- Recipe [url href=”https://www.naivecookcooks.com/peach-caramelised-onion-goat-cheese-flat-bread-with-balsamic-glaze/” target=”_blank”]HERE[/url].
- For filling:
- 1 pound Heirloom tomatoes
- In a bowl, add all the ingredients and knead to a smooth dough. Use more water or almond milk if dry. Pre heat oven to 375F.
- Coat muffin tin with oil. Add dough into each muffin space one at a time and shape them. Dough is going to be somewhat crumbly so you need to shape it into the muffin space using your hands. Once baked it will take muffin cup shape.
- Bake at 375F for around 14 mins until light golden.
- Keep them on a cooling rack and let them cool.
- Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Recipe [url href=”https://www.naivecookcooks.com/peach-caramelised-onion-goat-cheese-flat-bread-with-balsamic-glaze/” target=”_blank”]HERE[/url].
- Cut Heirloom tomatoes into thin slices.
- Coat the inside of the tarts generously with pesto. Stuff them with thinly sliced heirloom tomatoes. Drizzle generous amount of balsamic reduction. Bake for another 15 mins in a pre heated 375F oven. Add goat cheese on top and serve.
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These are beautiful, gorgeous tomatoes. Have not made anything yet with quinoa flour, these will be the first.
Thanks Cheri!! I hope you enjoy these!
I’m all over these beauties! Great job!
ela h.
Thanks!
what a GREAT recipe!! I’ve never heard about quinoa tart, but I bet it must be delicious. I must try it soon. Great dish for summer. Love it
Thanks Olivia! You must try it!
Oh wow! These look amazing! Healthy, fresh, pretty and delicious! YUM!
Thanks Cailee!!
These little tarts are seriously summer beauties! I would want to eat the whole tray!
Thanks Joanne!! That’s what I did.. By the time I was done photographing, I had two in my belly lol!
These look wonderful, so summery and original. I’ve never used quinoa flour but I definitely want to give these a go. GG
Thanks!! Hippie you give these a try!
Ooops I meant hope not hippie!
That tart is an art, so beautiful! Refreshing. Thanks for stopping by at my space
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Thanks Minnie for your lovely comment!
Oh my goodness these look so delicious!! I love quinoa and these just sound perfect! Thanks for sharing! xx
Thanks Lucy! Let me know if you try these!
Ami!!!
I love this recipe! So colorful and fresh!
Crunchy, creamy, and fresh! The perfect summer recipe :)!
If you substitute oat flour with brown rice flour they can also be GF! I wanna try to make them :)!!!
And I know the feeling you had when you tried your first tart…I usually do the same when I’m not 100% sure about what I’m cooking :)! ahahah!
Thanks Ema!! Let me know how it turns out with brown rice flour!! You can also use gluten free oats if you want.
I love every component of these beautiful tarts! I would have inhaled them, too!
Thanks Liz!
These look awesome! Such a great concept and so much flavor and texture packed into a small cup!
Thanks Bri!
These look amazingly good! I love the layer of the pesto 😀
Thanks Lorraine!
Love these beautiful tomatoes! This looks like a delicious recipe. I love that you make your own quinoa flour 😀
Thanks Cindy!! It was really fun making my own quinoa flour!!
The color in these photos is stunning! I will have to try these this weekend
Thanks Kristie!
Thank you for the tip about making quinoa flour! These tarts look very scrummy
Homemade quinoa flour is really simple and so cost effectiive! Thanks Tandy!
Beautiful colours and such a great idea. The epitome of summer.
Thanks and hope you give this a try!
What a fantastic recipe! I love all of the ingredients in here. Super summery and healthy 🙂
Thanks Allison!
Wow, these tarts looks gorgeous! Love the goat cheese pesto, too…sounds like the perfect combination!
Goat cheese pesto really takes them a level higher. Hope you try these Gayle!
These quinoa cups look amazing! Love the summer fruit topping, super fresh and delicious.
Thanks Jess for your lovely comment!
I love these kinds of mixed tomatoes, for a start – they’re so pretty, aren’t they? And I just love what you’ve done with them. It’s such a creative idea to line the tart cases (quinoa, at that!) with the pesto. I love your first photo!
I always end up with these in my basket. They are so hard to resist! Thanks Helen!
That arugula goat cheese pesto has Mike written all over it, can’t wait to try it.
BTW, those are some great looking tarts with all those gorgeous cherry heirloom tomatoes. YUM!
haha Mike, thanks a bunch for your amazing comment! You should try these.
Wow this sounds absolutely delicious! What a wonderful summer recipe for anytime. I love your homemade pesto paired with the variety of tomatoes, I love those heirlooms!
xoxo Sarah Grace, Fresh Fit N Healthy.
Thanks Sarah!
OMG! Arugula goat cheese pesto?! That sounds so amazing and like something that I would want to put on everything! I love these quinoa tarts too! Really, I love everything about this recipe and I want it right now! The tomatoes are so pretty
Thanks girl for such a beautiful comment!
What a great idea! I don’t think I’ve seen a recipe like this before, I will definitely be trying it out!!
-Brittney
Thanks Brittney!! Would love to know how yours turn out.
Just stumble upon your blog and enjoyed the visit thoroughly .
Beautiful pics and creative recipes. The quinoa oat tarts look divine and very summery.
Thanks Daniela! Hope to see more of you here!
Yum these look great and i like the idea of using quinoa for the base- will have to pin this to try sometime!
Thanks!!!
This looks absolutely delicious! I need to buy more quinoa!
Delicious looking! What a great idea.
Cheers,
Rosa
I love the photos, I am totally trying this. The cooking of course, not the photos. I could never make food look so good! XX
Haha you are so funny Anne! Let me know if you try this!
Oh my goodness this looks BEYOND delicious!!!! I’m loving the quinoa – oat crust and arugula pesto???? That is just genius! <3
These look so good. What a great recipe! I can’t wait to try it.
Thanks Kelly! They turned out much much better than what I expected! Let me know when you try!!
I just made these and was wondering how many calories per mini tart? They are delicious and I’m growing heirloom tomatoes, so I want to keep making them all summer long!
I made these and they are divine! Thank you so much for this recipe! I do need the nutritional info please.