Asparagus tart with sour cream pastry

Name: Asparagus tart with sour cream pastry
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8 portions
Ingredients: 250 g unsalted butter; 325 g plain flour; 1 pinch fine salt; 160 g sour cream; 500 g water; 200 g asparagus; cold water; 100 g cheddar cheese; ½ bunch fresh chives; 1 lemon; 100 g ricotta; 3 eggs; 100 g sour cream; ½ tsp sea salt flakes; ½ tsp ground black pepper; 6 spring onions/shallots

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Prep. 45 min

Total 2 h

8 portions

Ingredients

Pastry

unsalted butter cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing
250 g
plain flour plus extra for dusting
325 g
fine salt
1 pinch
sour cream
160 g

Filling

water
500 g
asparagus woody ends trimmed
200 g
cold water for soaking
cheddar cheese cut into cubes (2 cm)
100 g
fresh chives cut into small pieces (2 mm)
½ bunch
lemon zest only, finely grated, no white pith
1
ricotta
100 g
eggs
3
sour cream
100 g
sea salt flakes
½ tsp
ground black pepper
½ tsp
spring onions/shallots cut into pieces same length as asparagus, then cut into halves
6