Smoked Bacon &
Cream Cheese Tartlets
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Servings: 4
A summer menu special – these light bites are ideal served as a starter, or can be sized up for a main course meal. The bacon adds a smoky taste of summer, while the cream cheese keeps the whole dish light.
Ingredients:
200g Flour
100g Kerrymaid Dairy Spread
pinch salt
40g Kerrymaid Single Cream
Method:
1. Blend together 100g of the flour, the salt and Kerrymaid Dairy Spread, and mix
to a paste.
2. Blend in the remaining 100g of flour and mix to a crumble.
3. Add the Kerrymaid Single Cream and form a smooth paste, do not over mix.
4. Roll out pastry with rolling pin to required thickness, cut out disc for bases
and place into individual tartlet cases (preferably 2½ -3 inch tartlets tins).
For the Filling:
100g Smoked Bacon Pieces - cooked
80g Kerrymaid Cream Cheese
1 Onion, cooked
½ Red pepper
Salt, black pepper, garlic and basil – to season
25g Kerrymaid Single Cream
100g Water
50g Eggs
Method:
1. Precook bacon pieces and onion, and add salt, pepper, garlic and basil for seasoning
as required.
2. Place the filling into the pastry bases, and add small lumps of cream cheese
to each tartlet.
3. Whisk together the Kerrymaid Single Cream, water and egg for 2 minutes on slow
speed then add the fillings to the tartlets.
4. Bake in preheated oven at 180oC for approx. 30 minutes (or 160oC in a convection
oven).
