Mini Cheese,Onion,Leek,Bacon & Tomato Tarts

[gazza1960]

As I couldnt find the file that had these in before for Claybasket I thought id better do some today.

Right Ingredients for making 4 x small tartlets.

1 oz butter cut into pieces
1 Onion thinly sliced
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1lb Leeks thinly sliced
2oz Emmenthal Cheese Grated
3 eggs
300ml single cream
pinch of fresh grated nutmeg
salt& pepper
tomatos sliced

For the Pastry

6oz Plain Flour
3oz cold butter cut into pieces
1 egg yolk
3 tbsp of cold water
1 1/2 tsp of salt

Right lets get bizzy  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sift flour into a bowl and add the butter


bring flour and butter together with fingers till it resembles crumbs.


add the egg yolk,water and salt and combine to a soft paste.


wrap the dough in parchment paper and fridge for 30 mins.

Meantime butter the 4 x Tartlet trays.


Roll out cold dough to about 3mm thickness


Line trays with pastry and prick with fork.


line pastry with foil and dried pulses and blind bake for 6/8 mins @ 190 degrees....remove foil and peas and put back in oven for another 2 mins to harden off pastry case.


remove from oven take pastry out of mould and let cool on tray.

Meantime,...........................


soften leeks , onion and dried Thyme in butter for 10 mins then let cool and divide it between the tart cases.

Fry off bacon pieces and let cool then snip into bitesize bits and add some to each pastry case.


Grate cheese into a bowl and in another bowl beat together cream,eggs,nutmeg & salt and pepper.


scatter cheese over pastry cases.

Lower oven temp to 170 degrees



then top up each pastry case  with the egg and cream mixture.



cook for another 15 mins.


serve with chips  and beans or whatever takes ya fancy.

I just tuck in while their hot  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy.

Gazza

[gazza1960]

[Mr Smith]

I'm coming to your gaff for one of them and a brew, :)

[Lottiman]

They do look very nice :o  :P :o

[small]

Keep these posts coming, Gazza, they're as good as a meal in themselves...fills me up just looking at the pics!

[lottie lou]

Keep these posts coming, Gazza, they're as good as a meal in themselves...fills me up just looking at the pics!

No they don't they just make me hungry.

[artichoke]

These look terrific!

I made something once (and will again) which used non-stick tray of Yorkshire pudding tins. You drape 3 slices of streaky bacon into them, criss cross, 6 ends dangling across the spaces between the hollows. Then fill the cup shape with a mixture of cream cheese, lightly cooked spinach beet (got lots to use up) and thinly sliced leeks, maybe a sliced tomato, goat's cheese, herbs, anything you fancy, and cook in a fast oven.

The recipe says the bacon looks "like flowers", which is a bit imaginative, but you end up with crispy edges and a succulent middle without having to make pastry, and it slithers out of a non-stick tray as a starter.

Your photos are lovely, but I haven't got any, sorry.....

[claybasket]

Thank you very much Gazza, they look very tastie will be making some this week-end  ;)