Miniature Goat
Cheese Antipasto Tartlets
Makes 48 tartlets
Pastry:
250g flour
125g butter, chilled and chopped
1 egg
45ml cold water.
Filling:
60g prepared pesto
300g Riviana Marinated Artichoke
Hearts, roughly chopped
150g Riviana Sundried Tomatoes,
roughly chopped
150g Riviana Champignons,
quartered
100g Riviana Sliced Black Olives
75g Riviana Capers
240g fresh goat cheese or fetta, cut into 5g pieces
freshly cracked black pepper.
| Method |
| Pastry: |
| 1. |
Preheat oven to 200°C. |
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| 2. |
Place flour, butter and egg in a
food processor and process until mixture is fine and resembles breadcrumbs.
Add water and continue to process until mixture forms a ball. Cover
with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. |
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| 3. |
Roll out
pastry and using a 6cm round cutter, cut out 48 rounds. Grease 20ml
mini muffin tins or any tartlet tins of choice and line with pastry
rounds. Prick pastry with a fork. Line each case with greaseproof
paper and fill with pastry weights (prepare for blind baking). |
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| 4. |
Blind
bake each pastry case for 10 minutes. Remove pastry weights and
bake for a further 5 minutes. Allow to cool completely. |
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| To
serve: |
| 1. |
Dollop
a small amount of pesto into each tartlet case. Combine artichokes,
sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, olives and capers and divide mixture among
cases. |
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| 2. |
Top with
cheese and bake at 180°C for 34 minutes until warmed through
and cheese softens. Serve immediately, sprinkled with pepper. |
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Tip
Cases can be made in advance and stored
in an airtight container. |