Rachael Ray's Tomato Blue Cheese Tart - Modified My Way

I love blue cheese. I love pretty much anything wrapped in pastry, but especially savory tarts and quiche. The original recipe from Every Day with Rachael Ray was very good, but I wanted something a bit more loaded. So I just added a couple of extra ingredients to make it more to my family's liking. Rachael Ray served this with bagged salad greens with a lemon and oil vinaigrette, which works well. It is a rich tart and the acidity of the vinaigrette and some good mixed baby greens does give a nice contrast. However, I just make a small salad of cut fresh fruit dressed with a bit of fresh lime juice and a light dusting of ground ginger or cinnamon, depending on which fruits I am using. Either way, this makes a nice little lunch or light dinner and in my opinion is just as good at room temperature as it is warm from the oven.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 1 tart

Ingredients

• 9  inches  refrigerated pie crusts (or homemade pie crust)
• 1  tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
•  salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 3  ounces bacon or 3  ounces prosciutto, chopped
• 8  ounces whole milk ricotta cheese
• 4  ounces blue cheese, crumbled (about 1 cup)
• 1  large egg
• 4  scallions, green and white parts, sliced
• 1  large avocado, sliced
• 3  medium tomatoes, thinly sliced

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°.
2. Unroll the pie crust and press it into a 9-inch tart pan or pie plate. Prick the bottom of the dough all over with a fork, brush with the 1 tablespoon of olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for 10 minutes.
3. While the crust bakes, cook bacon or prosciutto until crisp and drain on kitchen paper or paper towels.
4. In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta, blue cheese, crisply cooked bacon or prosciutto, scallions and egg until combined.
5. Remove the tart shell from the oven and immediately prick with a fork in a few places.
6. Spoon the cheese mixture into the tart shell and top with the tomato and avocado slices; season with pepper and bake for 25 minutes.
7. Remove the tart from the oven and let cool slightly.