Category: Dinner Party, Meat Free Monday, Starters
Cooking Method: Baking
Yields:
4 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 20 Mins
Cook Time:
35 Mins
Total Time:
55 Mins
This is a wonderful starter which can prepare in advance. Use your favourite creamy blue cheese to create this delicious dish.
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
- For the dressing
- To serve
Instructions
- Roll out the ready-made pastry and cut out 4 rounds 13cm in diameter. Use to line 4 individual tartlets about 10cm or a Yorkshire pudding/muffin tin. Prick the base all over with a folk and place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to let the pastry rest.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/400°F/gas mark 6.
- For the best results blind bake the tartlets first. Line the pastry case with foil and add the baking beans. Place on a baking tray and place in the oven for 12-15 minutes, remove the foil and beans and bake for a further 5 minutes.
- In the meantime mix the blue cheese and mascarpone cheese with the egg yolks and thyme and then season to taste (be careful with the salt).
- Remove the tarts from the oven and reduce the heat to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Spoon 1 tbsp of caramelised onion into each tartlet and top with the cheese mixture. Place in the oven for 15 minutes until the filling is set.
- In the meantime make the dressing, mix all the dressing ingredients together and season to taste.
- To serve, place the tarts on serving plates with salad leaves and drizzle with the dressing around each tart, enjoy!
These were great packed, I will be making them again and again. Thanks for the recipe.
I am so pleased you enjoyed the recipe. Have a wonderful weekend 😊
Wow sounds delicious, bit overwhelmed with blue cheese Christmas gifts. This recipe is a definate and love the fact I can use shop bought pastry.
I hope you enjoy the recipe. Merry Christmas.