Delicious Broccoli Rice Tart is fairly easy to make with simple, colorful, healthy delicious ingredients, but the Rice Paper Flowers give this recipe it’s “WOW” factor. The Rice Paper Flowers are incredibly fabulous, and fascinating to watch transform while frying. Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers is perfect for Mother’s Day brunch (Mom lover’s will be excited to prepare it) and great for your Shavuot dairy meals. It’s definitely a dish that will impress with how beautiful, cool, and appetizing it is!
Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers
As a Mom, I had a ton of stuff to do before writing this post. Cleaning, cooking, not sleeping, cooking, working, and not sleeping some more. You get the idea. As an empathetic person I wanted to come up with a recipe that would work for busy/exhaused/crazy Mom’s and the people who love them – also busy/exhaused/crazy. The recipe also had to have that “cool” factor to make it even more enticing for people who are busy/exhaused/crazy. Kind of like a science experiment where something “wow worthy” happens when elements are combined. The recipe for Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers meets all those requirements!! The Broccoli Rice Tart is tasty and easy enough to make with simple colorful, flavorful and nutritious ingredients, and the Rice Paper Flowers are incredibly beautiful, fabulous and fascinating to watch transform. 
How I came up with Broccoli Rice Tart with Ricer Paper Flowers
A while back I saw a TikTok video of someone making rice paper flowers by taking a piece of rice paper and tossing it into a pot of hot oil. The rice paper magically “poofed” into a white curled circle, and the person put some colored sushi rice in the center. It was beautiful.I knew I had to adapt the concept at some point in the future, I just needed an occasion and recipe to go with the flowers.
Rice Paper Flowers are fascinating and surprisingly easy to make. They definitely will fascinate your friends and family with your culinary awesomeness.
The Broccoli Rice Tart
The Broccolie Rice Tart is loosely based upon my Broccoli Mushroom Cheese Pie – also great for a Mother’s Day brunch/Shavuot/Dinner. I knew that I wanted to adapt the recipe to incorporate sushi rice, as it is used as the center of the rice paper flowers and I wanted it to tie the whole dish together.Additionally, there needed to be a pop of color to make the dish prettier, more flavorful and festive, so finely diced red peppers were added.
Ingredients in Broccoli Rice Tart.
The tart also had to be really quick and easy to make so any busy/exhaused/crazy person could make it without a lot of effort.
Ingredients in a Broccoli Rice Tart can be mixed in a single bowl for quick prep and cleanup.
All the ingredients get dumped into a single tart pan and baked until golden brown.
Broccoli Rice Tart pre-baking. So pretty and colorful!
Is it a quiche, frittata or strata or tart?
And does it really matter?In any event… I had a little bit of an issue actually naming this recipe. It wasn’t a quiche – no crust (although there are crustless quiches). It wasn’t a frittata – not prepared in a skillet, and it wasn’t a strata – no bread.I punted and called it a tart. End of discussion.
Broccoli Rice Tart with it’s perfectly crispy edges and golden browned top.
I know you need to have a closeup…
The Rice Paper Flowers
The Rice Paper Flowers are really the stars of the show. They seem like they’re going to be difficult to make with a lot of effort. Not so much.
Rice Paper Flowers pre frying.
Prepping the Rice Paper
Basically, you take a piece of rice paper – I used square but you don’t have to. Using a sharp scissors, cut it into four equal squares. I made making the flower shapes a little easier by using food markers and tracing a flower cookie cutter before cutting out the flower shape. I also did some without tracing and while they weren’t quite as lovely, they were still pretty nice. The other thing is that if you use different colored food markers to outline the flowers, the color stays at the edge of the flower after it’s fried and it adds a little extra pop.
Some things are better explained in a video…
Then you cut each square into a flower shape. To help keep the rice paper from breaking while cutting it, I first cut out the indents then cut around the petals. That method helped keep the petals from breaking off.
A cut out rice paper flower. I left a little of the marker color on the edges. It added a pop of color to the finished flowers.
Frying the Rice Paper Flowers
I used a candy thermometer in the oil to make sure that it was hot enough and not too hot. If you put the rice paper in before it’s hot enough (say 350°F) it will just sit in the oil and cook until brown. It won’t “poof”. Here’s what the process of making the flowers looks like. Wait for the “poof”!!!
SO COOL!!!
Rice Paper Flowers after frying. They naturally turn white and curl up after you fry them. I also fried up the rice paper remnants from cutting out the flowers. They’re great to nosh on!
I made eight large flowers – one for each slice of the tart, but you can make small ones as well. Totally up to you.
Finishing the Rice Paper Flowers
I took a half cup of cooked rice and colored it two different colors, then put a small amount of the rice in the center of each flower. Simply beautiful.And… delicous!
Here’s the recipe for Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers
I put the the Broccoli Rice Tart with the Rice Paper Flowers for a festive effect – perfect for Mother’s Day Brunch or Shavuot. Feel free to make either independently, just make sure to post pics and tag @koshereveryday with your creations!!
Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Rice Paper Flower Frying Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 75 minutes
- Yield: 1 Tart + 8 Large Flowers 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
- Diet: Kosher
Description
Delicious Broccoli Rice Tart is fairly easy to make with simple, colorful, healthy delicious ingredients, but the Rice Paper Flowers give this recipe it’s “WOW” factor. The Rice Paper Flowers are incredibly fabulous, and fascinating to watch transform while frying. Broccoli Rice Tart with Rice Paper Flowers is perfect for Mother’s Day brunch (Mom lover’s will be excited to prepare it) and great for your Shavuot dairy meals. It’s definitely a dish that will impress with how beautiful, cool, and appetizing it is!
Ingredients
For Rice
- 1 cup sushi rice/short grain rice, rinsed until water is clear
- 1 1/4 cup water
For the Rice Paper Flowers
- 2 (square) sheets white rice paper
- food coloring (optional)
- food markers (optional)
- flower cookie cutter (optional)
- sharp scissors
- 1/2 cup cooked sushi rice, cooled
- avocado/peanut oil for frying
For the Broccoli Rice Tart
- 20 ounces frozen broccoli, defrosted and drained
- 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup green onion, sliced
- 1/2 cup diced red pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 recipe cooked white rice minus 1/2 cup
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
For Rice
- In a medium stock pot, combine the rice and water. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
- Simmer for 20 minutes until water is absorbed. Remove from heat and fluff with a fork.
- Allow to cool completely.
For the Broccoli Rice Tart
- Preheat oven to 350°F or 325°F Convection. Spray a tart pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl combine the broccoli, cheese, green onion, red pepper, salt, pepper, cooked rice and eggs until completely blended.
- Transfer to the prepared tart pan and bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
For the Rice Paper Flowers
- While the Broccoli Rice Tart is baking…
- Line a baking sheet with paper towels, then top with a wire rack.
- Cut each rice paper sheet into four. Trace flowers onto each square using a flower shaped cookie cutter or freehand. Cut out the flowers.
Some things are better explained in a video…
- Add around 3 to 4 inches of oil to a medium (4-quart) saucepan. Attach a candy thermometer (if you have one) and heat the oil to around 350°F.
- Carefully add a flower and allow it to “poof”.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and set on the wire rack to cool. Repeat with the remaining flowers. You can also fry the extra bits of rice paper as a nosh for later.
- Divide the reserved half cup of rice into two. Using food coloring, color each quarter cup of rice.
- Place a small scoop of the colored rice into the center of each flower.
To Finish
- Top each slice of the Broccoli Rice Tart with a flower for garnish.
- Served to your amazed family and friends.
Equipment
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The Broccoli Rice Tart and the Rice Paper Flowers can be made independently to be served at your favorite meals.
You can also make smaller flowers to serve on each slice of tart with larger flowers as garnish on the whole tart for presentation.
I made the Rice Paper Flowers while the Broccoli Rice Tart was baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 199
- Sugar: 2.4 g
- Sodium: 418.2 mg
- Fat: 3.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 3.9 g
- Protein: 15.7 g
- Cholesterol: 74.9 mg
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