Upside-Down Puff Pastry Radish Tarts

For the easiest, tastiest, and most stunning tarts, make these upside-down puff pastry tarts with radishes. Inspired by the viral Tiktok hack, these handheld tarts use convenient store-bought puff pastry to make golden, caramelized, cheesy tarts that can be enjoyed for breakfast, as a snack, or as an impressive appetizer. Tiktok has provided the world with so many creative, fun recipe ideas including feta pasta, French press sangria, and an entire nacho table. There are both savory and sweet versions of these fun tarts including apple cinnamon and sliced onion. Using the naturally vibrant color and subtly sweet flavor of radishes, these simple, savory delights have all the elegance of a complex French pastry in a fraction of the time!

How do you make upside-down puff pastry radish tarts?

As the zippy videos around the internet demonstrate, the fillings are laid out on parchment paper, topped with a rectangle of puff pastry, crimped, brushed with egg wash, and baked off. Baking the puff pastry on top is a genius way to ensure any fruit or vegetable filling does not make it soggy and guarantees a golden, caramelized pastry. For most of the savory pastry recipes you'll see, oil, vinegar, and honey are drizzled directly on the parchment paper. But for this recipe, thinly sliced radishes are tossed in that same combination and seasoned with salt and pepper to skip the tedious task of dripping a small amount of each ingredient in a certain spot. The radishes are the only thing you’ll have to worry about arranging! Everything's better with cheese, so delightfully creamy gournay-style cheese is smeared on each sheet of puff pastry before it is placed on the radishes.

Can you make upside-down puff pastry radish tarts the day before?

To maintain the vibrant color of the radishes and the crispiness of the puff pastry, it is best to bake these off right before serving.