Mini Tarts with Chicken
These Mini Tarts with Chicken are nice and small, delicious and full of flavor and makes a perfect appetizer. You can replace chicken with mushrooms for vegetarian dish.
Ingredients
Crust (pate brisee)
- 1/2 cup (110g) butter, cut into chunks
- 2 cups (250g) flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp (1g) salt
Filling
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion
- 1/2 chicken breast, cut in small pieces
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- fresh basil, chopped
- 3 tbsp frozen corn kernels
- 1 tomato, to garnish
Instructions
Prepare the crust.
- Mix flour with salt. Incorporate butter to the flour, using your hands or using a pastry processor, until crumbs are formed. Add the egg and incorporate until the dough is homogeneous. Knead the dough and form a ball from it.
- Wrap it with plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Prepare the chicken filling.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (356 F).
- In a large frying pan heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add chicken breast and cook until the meat has lost its raw color. Stir in paprika, corn kernels and basil, cook for 1 minute. Add salt and pepper and remove from heat.
How to assemble the mini tarts.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape and cut small circles to fit the mini tart molds. Press dough into tart molds without stretching it. Punch the bottoms with a fork.
- Fill mini tarts with chicken mixture, garnish with tomato slices and bake for 25-30 minutes. Serve warm or cold.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 mini tartCalories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 17.8gProtein: 5.2gFat: 10.4gSaturated Fat: 5.7gCholesterol: 44mgSugar: 0.9g