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Tartlets with tomato cream filling

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Ingredients for 18 servings:

  • 175 g flour
  • 80 g butter or margarine
  • 1 egg(s), including the yolk
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 pinch(s) of sugar
  • 10 tbsp tomato paste, slightly heaped
  • 2 eggs, including the yolk
  • 4 tbsp crème fraîche
  • 4 tbsp cheese (hard cheese), grated
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Pepper, freshly ground
  • ½ tsp basil, dried
  • Salt
  • 8 olives or 16, black, pitted
  • Flour , for the work surface
  • Sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

For the dough: Knead the flour, butter, egg yolk, salt, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of water into a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for half an hour. For the tomato cream: Mix the tomato paste, egg yolk, crème fraîche, grated cheese, crushed garlic, and basil. Season with salt and pepper, and perhaps a pinch of sugar. Roll out the dough to about 3 mm thick, line the baking dishes with the dough, and form a rim. Fill with the cream and top each with a whole or halved olive. Bake for 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius, let cool, and carefully turn out. Decorating tip: Garnish with small fresh herb leaves (basil, rosemary).

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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