Food & Wine Festival Chefs Serve Up 90 Second Recipes! Learn How to Make a Goat Cheese Potato Tart with Pistachio Oil.

Chef Norman Van Aken and Chef Ron DeBonis are showing YOU how to prepare some of the dishes that will be featured in Busch Gardens' inaugural Food & Wine Festival debuting on March 7. Take the next 90 seconds and learn how to make this Goat Cheese Potato Tart with Pistachio Oil, which will be featured in the Chef's Plantation food cabin.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 store-bought pie shell
• 1lb fingerling potatoes
• 3 eggs
• 4oz goat cheese
• 4oz swiss cheese
• 1oz diced butter
• 1/3 cup cream
• 1/3 cup carmelized onion
• Kosher salt to taste
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme, minced
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Crushed pistachios

Cooking instructions:

1. Slice and poach fingerling potatoes until aldente.

2. Layer potatoes, carmelized onions, swiss cheese and goat cheese in pie shell.

3. Top with fresh thyme and kosher salt to taste.

4. Mix eggs and cream until thoroughly incorporated and pour minture into tart.

5. Top the tart with diced butter.

6. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Then drizzle with Pistachio Oil (Heat crushed pistachios with extra virgin olive oil, then let it sit while the tart bakes.)

Stay tuned for more 90 Second Recipes throughout the event! Plus, the chefs will be sharing 10 Second Tips that will help you become an expert in the kitchen!

The Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival takes place on Saturdays and Sundays from March 7 through April 26 and is included with any Pass, Fun Card or daily admission. Food and beverage is not included with park admission and is available for an extra fee. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcoholic beverages. For more information, visit buschgardens.com.

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