Tarts, Stratas & Quiches

This flaky, tender, butter and shortening pie crust is a breeze to make, thanks to your food processor.

These authentic empanadas are filled with ground beef, onions, raisins, olives, and hard-boiled eggs. They're just like what you'd find at a street vendor in Chile. See for yourself.

This easy, make-ahead casserole is loaded with eggs, cheese, bread, ham, and plenty of vegetables. Breakfast just got a whole lot more interesting.

This easy cheese and vegetable tart is reason #713 why we love frozen puff pastry.

A spectacular crust filled with sweet onions and nutty cheese. Sounds amazing, right? A riff on French onion soup in tart form.

Tomato pie is a summer staple that combines tart and peppery flavors to fantastic effect, especially when combined with a cream cheese crust.

David Leite embraces his membership in the potato-loving freak camp and regales us with his latest obsession: potato bacon pizza.

Yep. Vegan wellingtons. For Thanksgiving. But also for a random Thursday night. Because once a year is certainly not enough. And you can even make 'em ahead of time.

One of the best red-sauced pizzas we've ever slung as well as one of the easiest. It just may ruin takeout pizza for you.

Essentially Irish stew with some lovely store-bought puff pastry plopped on top. Easy peasy. And actually, quite elegant.

Sweet or savory. Fruit or chocolate. Large or small. These lovely little hand pies can be customized any which way to calm your craving. Easy as can be, too.

What if we told you it's actually quite quick, simple, and well worth the effort to make your very own rich, flaky puff pastry? Believe it.

"Impressive." "Easy." "Yummy." "Brilliant." "No leftovers!" That's what folks are saying about this lovely little tart.

And you thought you didn't have time for breakfast. We're changing that with this handy dandy technique.

What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and this flaky pie crust is the sun. (That's how much we love this crust.)

Whether you've sad-looking plum tomatoes or stunning heirlooms, their tomato-y essence is concentrated in this ingenious, all-sins-forgiven tart with Cheddar and basil.