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Scrumptious HE crusts for Preheat the oven to 180°C.
savoury tarts our tarts Grease eight hollows of
a deep muffin tin with
range from a
quick dough
nonstick spray. Grease a
you can rus-
spray.
T tle up in a baking sheet with nonstick
Filled with vegetables, cheeses and meats, food processor using 1 Crust Brush 2 sheets of
phyllo pastry with melt-
oil, not butter, to
they’re hearty and delicious – and deserve phyllo, mealie meal ed butter and top with
a place at the table at any time of day and even grated pota- the remaining two
toes. Really easy and sheets. Halve each stack
BY CARMEN NIEHAUS quick to make – and, then cut each half into
PICTURES: DAVID BRIERS yes, there’s no need quarters to make 8 piec-
for blind baking! es in all. Line each muffin
hollow by overlapping
PHYLLOTARTLETS two pieces to form a
WITHPUMPKINAND cup, allowing the corners
BLUECHEESE of the pastry to hang
over the edges. Cover
MAKES 8 TARTLETS with a damp cloth and
PREPARATION: 30 MIN set aside.
BAKING: 45-60 MIN 2 Filling Arrange the
pumpkin or butternut on
CRUST a baking sheet, mix the
4sheetsphyllopastry garlic and olive oil and
meltedbutter pour over. Season with
FILLING salt and the cumin (if
800gpumpkinorbutternut using) and rub the oil and
cubes seasoning into the
4garliccloves,crushed pumpkin or butternut.
30ml(2T)oliveoil Roast for 20-30 minutes
salt or until just done.
pinchofgroundcumin 3 Sprinkle the cheddar
(optional) cheese into the cups,
50gcheddarcheese, spoon in the cooked
grated pumpkin or butternut
100gkale,hardstems and top with the shred-
removedandleaves ded kale.
shredded 4 Egg custard Mix all the
EGGCUSTARD ingredients, pour into
250ml(1c)full-cream the pastry shells and mix
milk through lightly.
250ml(1c)plainlow-fat 5 To finish Sprinkle the
yoghurt blue cheese over and
4eggs,lightlybeaten bake for 25-30 minutes
1packet(50g)mushroom or until the egg custard
souppowder is set. Cover with foil if
5ml(1t)mustardpowder the phyllo pastry turns
saltandpepper too dark before the fill-
TOFINISH ing has set.
100gmildblue 6 Sprinkle the seeds over
cheese thecupsandserve
seedsprinkle (Turn over)
ASSISTANT: WALEED ALEXANDER OUR SAVOURY TARTS VS QUICHES
Quiches are traditionally made with cream but for
our tarts we use a lighter egg custard. We replace
the cream with low-fat yoghurt then mix in a packet
of mushroom soup powder to ensure the filling is
t – teaspoon/s
T – tablespoon/s
c – cup/s
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