These little bite sized tarts are so easy to make and work really well as nibbles for a crowd.
Scoring the lines in the pastry is the only fiddly part.
You can get 48 tarts from one sheet of puff pastry!
(Depending on the size of your tomatoes!)
There are endless variations you could do.
Ingredients
1 sheet of oblong ready made puff pastry
A handful of cherry tomatoes, a mix of colours makes the nibbles more interesting
A handful of grated hard cheese, any type
1tblsp grated parmesan (optional)
1-2 tsp mustard (optional)
1tsp dried herbs (optional)
Method
Remove the pastry from the fridge 10-15 minutes before using, otherwise it may crack when you unroll it.
Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180° fan. Unroll the pastry and leave it on the paper it comes rolled in.
Being guided by the size of your tomatoes, cut the pastry into even squares. Then mark out border lines just within all sides of the squares but not cutting through.
Smear a little mustard onto each square if using and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Cut your tomatoes into slices about the thickness of a £1 or 1€ coin and place one slice in each square.
Lightly grind salt and pepper over the tarts and sprinkle over the parmesan and dried herbs if using.
Transfer the paper loaded with the tarts to a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and cheese bubbling.
Makes up to 48 nibbles.
These look tasty and much nicer than the ones you can buy frozen They also seem fairly economical if you can get 48 from a sheet of pastry.
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