One of the brightest culinary trends is the emergence of cold appetizers in tartlets. They turn out very tasty, are easy to prepare, and always look festive. It is interesting that such dishes have spread not only at buffets, but also in home cooking. Snacks in tartlets can be found today in the office, at corporate events and on the New Year's table.
Let's reproduce 10 original recipes.
With canned tuna
It is noteworthy that tartlets can be both an appetizer and a dessert, because they contain different fillings. Here interesting recipe, using canned tuna - a tasty and healthy fish.
We need to take the following products:
- Canned tuna
- 8 tartlets
- Chicken eggs – 3 pieces
- Dijon mustard tablespoon
- Several green onions
- Olives for serving
- Salt and pepper - at your discretion
The sequence of actions is as follows:
1. Prepare all the products, boil the eggs hard.
2. Open the can, pour out the liquid completely, put the contents on a plate and chop the fish with a fork.
3.Chop the green onion feathers.
4. Separate the yolks and grind them (we won’t need the whites). Add green onions and mustard.
5. All that remains is to add the spices, stir, and you can also add good olive oil to taste.
6.Take the tartlets and put the mixture into them. Decorate with greens.
7.Cut the olives into rings and top the mixture. For beauty, you can also stick in a few onion feathers.
8. The result is delicious and elegant food.
Fishing was a success
Why not serve a delicious and beautifully presented appetizer in tartlets? “Fishing was a success” is a great way to lift your spirits and really present original dish, and not banal sandwiches or even the usual canapés.
We will need a small grocery kit:
- Can of sprat
- 4 chicken eggs
- 10 tartlets
- Berries, greens for serving
- A little mayonnaise
The technology is as follows:
1. First, boil the eggs hard: as soon as it boils, another 15 minutes. Cleaning it up.
2.Grate them on small cells of a grater, add salt to taste and a little mayonnaise - it’s better to use homemade, mix.
3.Put a spoonful of this mixture into each tartlet.
4.Now you need to decorate the appetizer: first, open the sprats, drain the oil and stick in the fish, as shown in the photo.
5. Take a plate, put a washed lettuce leaf, and place the tartlets on it. Decorate with other herbs, or maybe berries (or tomatoes).
6.Invite guests to the table immediately, because the tartlets quickly get wet, and after a while the dish may lose its taste.
With avocado
I want to diversify my table, and besides, it’s not difficult to do this today. Here interesting option appetizers using shrimp and avocado. You can choose any seafood, but the fruit should be soft enough that it can be easily pureed.
Let's take the following components:
- 8-10 tartlets
- Half an avocado
- Lemon slice (lime is also appropriate)
- Curd cheese – 4 large spoons
- Seafood (shrimp) in any quantity
We proceed like this:
1. Prepare all the products by washing the avocado.
2. Cut the fruit in half, take the pulp, grind it with a grinder and add the juice from 1 slice of lemon.
3.Add cheese to the pulp.
4. Mix well and add salt.
5. Divide the resulting mixture into tartlets.
6.And decorate with shrimp, caviar and other seafood.
7. It turns out to be a very beautiful and truly original snack.
Fantasy
Red caviar is always tasty, beautiful and interesting. Why not try a snack with this delicacy?
We take the following products:
- 10 tartlets
- 100 g red caviar
- Half a small cucumber
- 3 dessert spoons butter
- 5 quail eggs
Here's what we'll do:
1.Prepare the tartlets - take them out of the packaging and place them on the table.
2.Soften the butter at normal temperature and place it on the bottom of each tartlet.
3.In the meantime, cook the eggs (it will take them 5 minutes to boil), peel them and cut them in half (lengthwise), place one half in each mold.
4.Fill the remaining space with caviar.
5.Cut the cucumber into circles and then into quarters.
6.Place 2 pieces into the tartlet.
7. Decorate with greenery.
Again, keep in mind that you need to serve this appetizer immediately after cooking, because otherwise the dough will become a little soggy and lose its pleasant consistency.
Mushroom glade
An interesting appetizer option for a buffet table - tartlets with mushrooms, tomatoes and chicken, can be served for a birthday, for New Year, and sometimes just to treat yourself on a weekday to lift your spirits. Preparation will take a few minutes, but the result will definitely please you.
Here's what we'll take this time:
- 500 g chicken fillet (any part of your choice)
- 3 chicken eggs
- 1 tomato
- Marinated mushrooms (champignons) – 5 tablespoons
- Mayonnaise - the same amount
- Salt and pepper - to your taste
We act quickly and simply:
1.First you need to cook the chicken in salted water, and when it is completely cooked, chop it finely.
2. At the same time, cook the eggs in another pan, peel and cut them in the same way.
3. You need to cut the tomato and let it sit so that all the excess moisture is gone, otherwise it will soak the tartlets.
4.Now the main component of the snack is mushrooms. They must first be taken out and allowed to drain, and then cut.
5.Combine all these products, add spices and mayonnaise.
7.Pour the mixture into tartlets. Decorate with green sprigs, you can also add a whole mushroom.
To make this tartlet appetizer truly delicious, it is important to choose the best mayonnaise or make a homemade version of the sauce. Not only champignons, but also honey mushrooms are good mushrooms. And you definitely need to buy tomatoes that are fleshy, fairly elastic, but not watery.
Holidays
To create a truly festive atmosphere at the table, you need to make special efforts in terms of preparing dishes. Snacks should not only be tasty, but also very attractive. You can try original recipe with fish filling (based on red fillet).
Let's take the following products:
- Processed cheese 100 g
- small cucumber
- Chicken egg (one)
- A piece of salted red fish (200 g)
- A little mayonnaise
The recipe is simple:
1. First, boil the egg, peel and grate on small grater cells.
2. We do the same with processed cheese.
3.Now cut the fish into cubes. Don't forget to cut a few strips for serving first.
4. Chop the cucumber quite finely - just like fish.
5. Mix all these snack ingredients.
6. Add mayonnaise - no more than 1.5 tablespoons. The mixture should not become watery. At this stage, you need to taste the dish to see if you need to add salt. Don't forget - the fish is already salted!
7.Pour the mixture into tartlets.
8. And of course, serving. Decorate with a strip of red fish folded into a rose. And also green leaves.
Some tips for choosing products. It is better to take cheese from the category of soft varieties. You can put it in the freezer for a while just before cooking, as it will be easier to grate. The cucumber should not be bitter - it is better to try it in advance and make sure of this. By the way, you can remove the skin, leaving only the pulp.
And another very interesting option is to serve the appetizer not in tartlets, but in half a tomato. You can do it on toast or in an egg - it will turn out beautiful and no less tasty.
Royal
If an appetizer is called royal, it certainly should have caviar. Let's try for the sake of the holiday and take black and red caviar at once.
Here's what we need:
- 12 tartlets
- Black caviar – tablespoon
- Red caviar – 4 tablespoons
- Heavy cream – 4 large spoons
Our actions will be as follows:
1. We prepare all products.
2.Take holiday dish and put tartlets on it.
3. Place cream on the bottom.
4. Place some black caviar and red caviar next to it.
5. If somewhere there is not enough black, you can simply put only red.
6. Decorate with dill sprigs.
7.They can be placed in the very center or along the edges.
8. The appetizer is ready - the holiday can begin.
This appetizer goes very well with champagne, which means it’s just perfect for New Year's feast. How will you meet New Year- that’s how you’ll trick him!
Roses
An appetizer in the shape of a rose is beautiful and at the same time original. It can be easily made at home from salted red fish.
Let's take the following components:
- Salmon 150 g
- 12 tartlets
- Cream cheese 200 g
- Medium garlic clove
- Sprig of dill
Here's how we'll proceed this time:
1.Prepare the ingredients, wash and dry the dill.
2. Chop the greens along with the garlic (you can also use a crusher for it).
3. Take exactly a third of the salmon and cut it as finely as possible.
4. Mix all the ingredients, as well as the cream cheese, together.
5.Now you need to taste a little and add salt and pepper, but only a little - after all, the fish is already salted.
6.Place the mixture into a special pastry bag and select a wide nozzle.
7. Fill tartlets with this appetizer. If you don’t have a bag at hand, this is not a reason to refuse the dish - you can simply squeeze it through a thick food bag, after making a small hole in it.
8. Let's return to the remaining piece of salmon. It needs to be cut so that you get several thin strips. We roll each of them - you should get 12 small roses.
9. Place each rose on the mixture and press down a little.
10. Decorate with dill.
11. It turned out to be a very decent snack.
12.These tartlets are perfect for New Year's table, for a buffet at a corporate party, and sometimes you can treat yourself to such a delicacy during the week.
Tartlets under a fur coat
Herring under a fur coat is already a classic of the holiday genre. Of course, the dish may become boring, but you can serve it a little differently, and then it will sparkle with new colors. And here’s another interesting move - why not make the molds yourself from... mashed potatoes? Let's try the recipe for an original snack.
To do this, we take the following components:
For tartlets:
- 2 potatoes
- One chicken egg
- Butter – dessert spoon
- A little salt
For a fur coat:
- 1 small beet
- 1 lightly salted herring
- 4 tablespoons yogurt (without fruit additives)
- Black pepper - to your taste
- One chicken egg
- One small onion
The technology is like this:
1. Cook the potatoes (add some salt to the water) until fully cooked.
2.Make mashed potatoes, add the raw egg and all the butter.
3.When the puree has cooled, we form tartlets from it using molds (muffin molds are perfect). Just keep in mind that if they are made of silicone, they are pre-lubricated with sunflower oil.
4. Place the resulting baskets in a preheated oven and bake for a quarter of an hour (temperature 180 o C).
5. Meanwhile, let’s not waste time and get to work on the fur coat itself. We clean the herring from bones and skin, cut the fillet into small pieces (half the fish). And we cut the other half into rectangles. Boil beets and eggs, grate them. Yogurt will act as mayonnaise (you can also add a little mustard). Mix all the products, add a little salt and pepper.
6.And here is the final stage - we put the fur coat in potato molds, and decorate the top with a piece of herring and an onion ring (you can take a red one).
Bon appetit!
“Leopold the Cat”
And finally - an original appetizer of black and red caviar. Thanks to this recipe, everyone can feel like an artist. This dish will decorate any family celebration and will look good at a corporate party.
Here's what will come in handy this time:
- A small piece of salted salmon (200 g)
- One avocado (or cucumber)
- 2 chicken eggs
- small carrot
- Red and black caviar – 400 g each
Today we will “draw” Leopold the cat. To do this, take tartlets and cut the fish fillets. Boil the eggs, remove only the whites. Let's make two cats. First we put caviar into the tartlet, and then we make the faces.
1. For the black one, we make a tongue from a carrot, and ears, eyes and a muzzle from a protein. We will make the pupils from a cucumber and the nose from red caviar.
2. For a redhead - everything is the same, only the base will be red caviar.
I think everyone is familiar with this type of snack for the holiday table, like filled tartlets. Fillings can be very different - meat, fish, vegetables, fruit. Have you tried baking them in the oven? These are a kind of hot sandwiches, but they look much more beautiful. They don’t have to be served hot; they are good in any form.
There are some very tasty ones in my collection of recipes, take note of them too.
Tartlets stuffed in the oven with mushrooms and chicken
I’m sure that making tartlets yourself is not that difficult, but I haven’t done it yet; I use ready-made ones from the supermarket. And for the filling I used simple and affordable products - chicken and mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- tartlets - 15 pcs.
- chicken fillet - 250 gr.
- fresh mushrooms - 200 gr.
- sour cream - 200 gr.
- hard cheese - 150 gr.
- flour - 1 tbsp. spoon
- butter for frying
- salt, pepper to taste
Step by step recipe:
Delicious tartlets with sausage and cheese in the oven
For this recipe, I used two types of sausage - boiled and half-smoked, you can cook it with one type or with ham, carbonate, whatever you like best.
Ingredients:
- tartlets - 15 pcs.
- boiled sausage - 250 gr.
- half-smoked sausage - 250 gr.
- hard cheese - 150 gr.
- cherry tomatoes
- mayonnaise
- ketchup
Cooking method:
I don’t know about you, but we really like filled tartlets in the oven; the recipes are simple, tasty and look decent on a holiday table.
Thoughts out loud about filled tartlets in the oven
As I already said, there are a great many options for filling tartlets; you can also get creative with them for cooking in the oven.
- I talked about how to make chicken pate and in the same recipe I suggested they fill tartlets, look, and if you sprinkle grated cheese on top and put it in the oven for a few minutes, I think it will also be delicious.
- I love squid, and I am planning to make tartlets according to the first recipe, but instead of chicken, put squid fried in butter. I have no doubt that not only me will like it.
- I liked one recipe with tuna, I also want to make it on occasion - cut boiled eggs, mix with tuna (canned), add tomato pieces, canned corn, grated cheese, mix with mayonnaise, fill the tartlets and put in the oven. But I would still rather put cheese on top and tomatoes too.
- I plan to try another recipe, I really liked it - put several halves of cherry tomatoes into tartlets, sprinkle them with olive oil and sprinkle a little with grated garlic. Grate the cheese, beat the raw eggs, mix with the cheese and pour this mixture over the tomatoes in the tartlets. Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top.
If you are interested in filled tartlets in the oven, then you can find different recipes - simple and original - on the Internet and come up with them yourself.
If you also want to bake tartlets yourself, then this video will help.
Make yourself and your loved ones happy.
Elena Kasatova. See you by the fireplace.
How to make tartlets, what dough is best to choose for the baskets, what to use for the filling - such questions arise as soon as the decision is made to make tartlets. First of all, you need to figure out what products there are by type of dough, filling options, and cooking method.
In addition to store-bought ones, you can make your own baskets for fillings. Moreover, different types of dough will provide you with a variety of snacks.
Homemade baskets can be made with shortbread, yeast, puff, or waffle. Moreover, the dough itself can be both salty and sweet.
There is no need to say what to fill the tartlets with, because... the assortment is off the charts. Whatever is in the refrigerator, whatever comes to mind - everything will be suitable for filling the molds. The filling can be meat, fish, vegetable, cheese, sweet, fruit, mixed.
The original interpretation of the sandwich in the form of a tartlet allows you to use absolutely any filling options, even the most unusual ones.
Tartlet dough and its secrets
A tasty basket for filling will only enhance the taste of the dish, emphasizing the advantages of a particular product.
The easiest option is to buy store-bought preparations. and then stuff them.
But the basket will be much tastier home production. You can make your own tartlets from: different types dough: shortbread, puff pastry, yeast dough with kefir or milk.
Classic shortbread tartlets
A basic dough recipe for baskets in which you can put sweet fillings, your favorite salads, or make holiday tartlets with caviar.
Required ingredients:
- flour - 160 gr;
- margarine - 100 g;
- yolk - 1 pc.;
- water - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - a pinch.
How to do:
Sift the flour, add chopped margarine to it. Using your hands, grind the ingredients until crumbly. Add water and salt to them. Knead the dough thoroughly and then roll it into a ball. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
There are 2 ways to fill the molds with dough:
- Divide the dough into 10-12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into balls and knead them with your hands along the bottom and sides of the pan.
- Roll out all the dough into a layer 3 mm thick. Place all the molds together and cover them with dough. Press the layer down with a rolling pin and then remove the excess.
Bake at 200°C for 20-25 minutes.
Puff pastry tartlets
This type of basket is convenient because you can use puff pastry to create various shapes tartlets. You can make this dough yourself, but tartlets made from store-bought puff pastry will also work well.
Required ingredients:
- frozen dough - 300 g;
- egg - 1 pc.
How to cook:
Remove the dough from the wrapper and let it defrost at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes.
Spread it out in a layer and cut into 12 squares. Using a mold, make square holes out of 6 squares, or make diagonal cuts and bend the corners to make a hole. The first option turns out to be neater, and the second one is more beautiful. Choose according to your taste.
Brush whole squares with beaten yolk and place squares with holes on top of them. Also grease the top with yolk.
Bake the shortbread dough at no lower than 200°C for about 20 minutes.
Quick sour cream dough for tartlets
Simple baskets of sour cream dough will always help out when necessary. And if you add grated cheese, cottage cheese or herbs to this dough, you will get savory tartlets with filling festive table.
Required ingredients:
- flour - 480 gr;
- margarine - 300 gr;
- sour cream - 300 gr.
How to cook:
Chop the margarine with a knife, and then grind it together with flour to crumbs. Add sour cream and knead into a smooth dough. Let the mixed dough rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Form tartlets of the desired shape and bake them for 20-30 minutes at 180°C.
Whatever dough the snack molds are made from, you should remember a few rules.
They will allow you to bake ideal products for further use.
- To prevent the dough from puffing up during baking, it should be pressed down with cereal or beans;
- Another way to prevent the dough from rising too much is to prick the bottom with a fork in several places;
- adding cottage cheese, cheese or herbs to the dough will add originality to the product;
- If there are no special forms, you can use a muffin form: just turn it upside down and stick it to the dough;
- Be sure to grease the dough before baking raw egg, it will protect it from liquid fillings without allowing it to get wet, which is very important for julienne in tartlets.
Fillings for tartlets and their use
The finished mini-snacks look very elegant. At celebrations, any filling for tartlets for appetizers can be used and such dishes can be served hot or cold.
- Vegetables. Vegetables for tartlets can be in any form: fresh, boiled, baked. Most often, a snack with this filling is served hot. The connecting component can be cheese. sour cream, egg.
- Cheese. Cheese tartlets are served hot or cold. Hard varieties are usually subjected to heat treatment. Vegetables, mushrooms, and berries are added to the cheese.
- Mushrooms. A traditional snack option is mushroom tartlets. Served in any form, often with cheese and herbs.
- Meat. For meat filling Selected pulp is used without fat, skin, cartilage, or films. Boiled or baked meat is mixed with sauces, cheeses or vegetables. A common option is chicken and mushroom tartlets.
- Offal. This type of filling is not common, but they make delicious versions of liver pate or boiled tongue appetizers.
- Fish. Tartlets with red fish from the salmon family are a New Year's snack option. Lightly salted versions of fish are more often used than boiled or baked ones.
- Seafood. Many people's favorite tartlets with crab sticks, shrimp or squid served cold with sauces.
- Caviar. This type of filling creates an impressive effect. It is easy to prepare and expressive on the table.
- Fruits, berries. Sweet snacks are served at the end of the feast. Sometimes fruits or vegetables can be combined with cheese or meat, but more often such fillings are accompanied by chocolate and cream.
A complete list of fillings will make it easy to decide when choosing: what to put in tartlets?
Salads in tartlets: recipes for all occasions
Increasingly small forms with a variety of with different fillings are displayed not only at buffets, but at home dinners. These small and delicious baskets with all kinds of fillings look elegant and immediately attract attention.
For simple home gatherings, you don’t have to worry about what to fill the tartlets with. For such cases, any salads will be just right.
Crab stick salad
For a simple homemade lunch, you can put the usual crab salad with egg and corn in baskets. This salad in tartlets will be very satisfying. But for special occasions, it is better to prepare an appetizer with olives, cheese and pineapple.
Required ingredients:
- crab sticks - 20 g;
- hard cheese- 50 g;
- pitted olives - 50 g;
- canned pineapple - 50 g;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons.
How to cook:
Cut all ingredients into small cubes of equal size. Combine them in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix everything.
Place a small lettuce leaf on the bottom of each ramekin. Using a small spoon, spoon the salad onto the greens.
Tartlets with cod liver will definitely surprise your guests. And new colors are given to this dish by its arrangement in molds.
Required ingredients:
- cod liver - ½ jar;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- cheese - 50 g;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- green onions - 2 feathers.
How to cook:
Boil the egg hard, then cool and peel. Separate the yolks. Grate the white on a fine grater and mash the yolk with a fork.
Grate the cheese and mash the liver with a fork.
Mix all ingredients together with mayonnaise. Divide the mixture into molds, and decorate the top with yolk and chopped onion feathers.
If instead of cheese you use 50 grams of boiled carrots and 70 grams of pickled cucumbers, you will get new filling very unusual taste and bright color.
Meat salad for filling
For hearty meat-based snacks, poultry is most often used. Chicken tartlets are a simple, inexpensive, but very satisfying appetizer, especially when combined with mushrooms.
Required ingredients:
- chicken - 50 g;
- champignons - 300 gr;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- mayonnaise.
How to cook:
Boil the eggs and cool. Boil the poultry fillet in salted water. Fry chopped mushrooms with chopped onions.
Cut the cooled breast and eggs into small cubes. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, adding mayonnaise. Fill the molds with the mixture, garnish with herbs or a slice of fried champignon and serve.
If you simply crush such a filling with grated cheese and bake it in the oven until crusty, you will get julienne tartlets with mushrooms and chicken.
Ideas for holiday tartlets
How to fill tartlets on the eve of big celebrations? For such purposes, red caviar and seafood will be indispensable. A delicacy snack is always tasty and beautiful.
Cream cheese with caviar
The classic combination of caviar and butter has become commonplace, but cream cheese looks much more interesting. And the best part is that these tartlets with red caviar do not require pre-cooking.
Required ingredients:
- red caviar - 50 g;
- cream cheese - 100 gr;
- lemon, greens - for decoration.
How to cook:
The whole point of the snack is to combine products and decorate the dish. The lemon should be cut into thin rings, each of which is cut into 4 slices. Also cut the cucumber into rings as thin as possible.
Fill each basket with a little more than half of the cream cheese. Fill the remaining space with red caviar, about ½ teaspoon at a time.
Elegantly decorate the appetizer with horizontal lemon slices, and cucumbers can be wrapped and placed vertically. To make the tartlets look like a real work of art, you can add parsley or dill leaves.
Shrimp appetizer for a celebration
Small baskets with shrimp are always popular at buffets and feasts. Such a snack in tartlets looks presentable, especially in combination with a curd product.
Required ingredients:
- curd cheese - 150 gr;
- shrimp - 10 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- greens - optional.
How to cook:
Boil and peel the shrimp. Pass the garlic through a press and chop the greens. Mix them thoroughly with cheese. Spoon the soft curd cream into the molds, and place the shrimp on top. Garnish the shrimp tartlets with a sprig of dill or a slice of lemon.
If there is no curd cheese, the snack can be prepared with cottage cheese and sour cream. Mix these ingredients together and then use it as soft cheese.
A similar recipe would be for salmon tartlets, where the fish is cut into thin slices and rolled into a rosette.
Fish filling for tartlets
The original combination of tuna and corn gives the dish rich colors and an unforgettable taste.
Required ingredients:
- tuna - 1 can;
- corn - 300 gr;
- cheese - 200 gr;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise and tomato paste- 2 tbsp. spoons.
How to cook:
Boil the eggs, remove the shells. Mix them with a fork along with the tuna. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and grate the hard cheese. In a deep bowl, mix all ingredients along with mayonnaise.
Place the filling among the baskets. Bake the tuna tartlets in the oven for 10 minutes at 180°C.
Sweet recipes for tartlets with filling
Often shortcrust pastry molds are filled with fruit. This dish is a dessert and is used as portioned mini-cakes. The great thing about this dessert is that the dough goes well with all berries and fruits, and any cream is suitable.
Cakes with cherries
Any shortbread dough will go well with cherry filling and will become a favorite treat not only for children.
Required ingredients:
- cherry - 400 gr;
- cream - 125 ml;
- milk - 125 ml;
- oil - 50 g;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- starch - 20 g;
- sugar - 2 teaspoons.
How to cook:
In a saucepan, mix milk with cream, sugar and butter at room temperature. Beat the egg and then add it to the milk mixture. Add starch and mix everything.
Put the cream on the fire, cook until tender with constant stirring.
Fill the shortbread baskets with pitted cherries. Pour cream on top and bake these sweet tartlets in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Cool the dessert completely on a wire rack.
Closed baskets with apple
The idea of serving small snacks appealed to many, and shortcrust pastry became the leader in this direction. Baking the filling can occur not only for tartlets with mushrooms and cheese, but also for sweet apple versions.
Required ingredients:
- applesauce - 1.5 cups;
- roasted almonds - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- powder - 4 tbsp. spoons.
How to cook:
Mix applesauce with almonds. Divide the shortbread dough into the molds, leaving a little for the “lid” of the basket. Place 2 tbsp in each mold. spoons of applesauce.
Roll out the remaining dough and cut out circles from it to cover the baskets. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 190°C. Before serving, sprinkle the products with powdered sugar.
Tartlets are now an indispensable attribute of any feast. And it doesn’t matter where it happens: in a restaurant, at home or in the office. Beautiful and delicious snacks always relevant and easy to use. Therefore, on the eve of the holidays, the question is relevant for many housewives: “What to fill the tartlets with?” Among the hackneyed options, you can find more interesting ones that will surprise your guests.
Benefits of tartlets
Tartlets are a very convenient option for serving snacks on the table. Firstly, they look very impressive, and secondly, the portioned snack is good for buffets and other events. But even on a traditional table, an appetizer is always welcome. Moreover, the taste of the dish is different each time depending on the chosen filling. And you can show limitless imagination when decorating tartlets. What to fill the tartlets with? The filling can be anything: from the simplest to the most sophisticated options.
Ingredients:
- two large tomatoes;
- smoked sausage (130 g);
- pepper;
- green onions;
- vegetable oil.
Chop the tomatoes and sausage, add chopped garlic and onion. We use vegetable or olive oil as a dressing. You can also add chopped olives. In this version, the tartlets will look incredibly beautiful, and their taste will not disappoint.
Chicken and mushroom filling
Tartlets with mushrooms and chicken are one of those options that can be offered for the holiday table.
Ingredients:
- tomatoes (230 g);
- boiled eggs (three pcs.);
- chicken fillet (480 g);
- small pickled mushrooms (180 g);
- greens and mayonnaise.
The boiled fillet must be cut quite finely. Mix meat with chopped eggs. Pickled mushrooms can be added whole if they are small. Otherwise you will have to cut them. Mix the ingredients and add the tomatoes. Season the mixture with mayonnaise and decorate with herbs. Each tartlet can be decorated with a small mushroom on top.
Tartlets stuffed with meat, nuts and orange
Ingredients:
- boiled meat (330 g);
- one apple, lemon juice;
- Art. l. sugar, olives (10 pcs.);
- orange;
- nuts;
- mayonnaise;
- salt and pepper.
When looking for filling options for tartlets for the holiday table, you should pay attention to this recipe. The filling is easy to prepare. Place the zest of half an orange, sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Add any chopped nuts and mayonnaise. The resulting sauce must be seasoned with a mixture of chopped meat and apple. Ready-made tartlets can be decorated with olives and orange slices.
Tartlets with meat and cream cheese
Tartlets with cheese are definitely a win-win option. It doesn’t matter what type of cheese you use to prepare the snack.
Ingredients:
- eggplants (190 g);
- boiled tongue (120 g);
- cream cheese (190 g);
- pickled cucumbers (120 g);
- green.
Peel the eggplants and chop them into cubes, then fry them in butter. Cut the tongue, peppers and cucumbers into small cubes. Mix all ingredients and top with cream cheese.
Tartlets with caviar
Tartlets with caviar are indispensable for a festive feast.
Ingredients:
- avocado (160 g);
- boiled eggs (two pcs.);
- salmon (230 g);
- carrot;
- red caviar (45 g).
Cut the salmon into small slices, chop the cucumber, avocado, eggs and carrots. Mix all ingredients and transfer the filling into tartlets. And on top we decorate everything with red caviar.
Stuffed with green peas, eggs and shrimp
Shrimp tartlets, green peas and eggs have a delicate taste.
Ingredients:
- shrimp (340 g);
- four boiled eggs;
- hard cheese (130 g);
- canned peas.
For the filling, take boiled shrimp and mix them with chopped eggs. Add grated cheese and peas. Season the mixture with mayonnaise.
Carrot and mushroom tartlets
Tartlets with mushrooms, carrots and peppers are very tasty.
Ingredients:
- two carrots;
- one red and one yellow pepper;
- a jar of canned champignons;
- parsley;
- vegetable oil.
Fry grated carrots and pepper in a frying pan. Grease the bottom of each tartlet with mayonnaise, then spread the filling. Add pickled mushrooms (if they are large, cut them and put them in the filling; decorate each tartlet with small ones). Decorate the appetizer with green sprigs of parsley on top.
Julienne
Julienne in tartlets is an excellent alternative to serving the dish. If in the standard version the creamy mushroom mass is served in cocotte makers, then portioned tartlets look more attractive and convenient.
Ingredients:
- chicken breasts (480 g);
- cheese (280 g);
- champignons (480 g);
- cream (half a liter);
- vegetable oil;
- several onions.
Finely chop the breast, onion and champignons and fry on vegetable oil. After evaporation excess liquid add cream and add flour to obtain a thicker consistency. Place the julienne into tartlets and sprinkle cheese on top. Next, put the appetizer in the oven until a crust forms.
Liver tartlets
Liver tartlets are very tasty and nutritious. Portioned treat - best option serving pate.
Ingredients:
- chicken liver (320 g);
- champignons (320 g);
- carrots (170 g);
- several eggs;
- green;
- two onions;
- salt;
- vegetable oil and mayonnaise.
To prepare the snack, the liver must be boiled. Finely chop the onion and mushrooms. Grind the eggs on a grater. Grate the carrots raw and chop the greens. Next, fry the carrots in vegetable oil, then add the mushrooms. We twist the finished liver using a meat grinder. After this, mix the ingredients in a salad bowl, seasoning with mayonnaise. Liver tartlets are ready.
Cod liver filling
Tartlets with cod liver combined with eggs and cheese are classic version. But the original presentation will give the salad a special charm.
Ingredients:
- cheese (60 g);
- several eggs;
- green onion;
- mayonnaise;
- cod liver (can).
First boil the eggs, then separate the yolks from the whites and grate them. Grind the cheese and mash the cod with a fork. Mix all the ingredients, except the yolks, in a bowl and season with mayonnaise. Fill the tartlets with the filling, sprinkle them with grated yolks and chopped onions on top.
Dessert tartlets
Sweet tartlets are an excellent serving option for the dessert table. Small baskets can be filled with a variety of fillings, showing your imagination. This can be cream, curd-cream masses, fruits, nuts, berries, etc. Or you can combine several options, adding, for example, fruit cream and sprinkling with nuts. With minimal time investment, you can get beautiful, bright and at the same time very tasty sweet treats.
For a sweet treat, you can also choose different baskets - waffle, shortbread or puff.
Nut and caramel filling
Ingredients:
- walnuts (270 g);
- powdered sugar (170 g);
- honey (75 g);
- butter (25 g);
- cream (70 g).
Honey and sugar must be dissolved over very low heat. Once the mixture turns golden brown, add the coarsely chopped nuts. Fill the tartlets with the resulting caramel-nut filling.
Curd and fruit tartlets
Perhaps there is nothing tastier than a curd and fruit combination complemented with chocolate.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese (430 g);
- banana;
- orange;
- yolks;
- sugar and chocolate to taste;
- vanilla sugar.
Using a mixer, beat the cottage cheese with sugar, then add the yolks and beat again to form a creamy mass. Fill the tartlets with curd cream and place pieces of chopped fruit on top. You can decorate the dessert with chopped chocolate.
Strawberries and cream
The classic combination of cream and strawberries can be presented in a new format by serving them in tartlets. This dessert looks incredibly appetizing, bright and beautiful. And it tastes no less wonderful.
Ingredients:
- heavy cream (preferably homemade, but can also be used in a bottle);
- strawberries (320 g);
- white chocolate (230 g);
- powdered sugar.
We melt the chocolate in a water bath, after which we grease the bottom with a brush and side surfaces tartlets. Next, cut the strawberries into pieces or slices. Place it in baskets and decorate with whipped cream on top.
Orange tartlets
Ingredients:
- fatty oil (at least 72%);
- yolk, sugar (160 g);
- water (55 g);
- bottle of whipped cream;
- corn starch (35 g);
- big orange.
To prepare the filling we will use a saucepan. Pour water into its bottom and place it on the lowest heat. Add the orange pulp and zest to the boiling liquid. Cook the mixture for about ten to fifteen minutes, without ceasing to stir. After that, pour it into a blender and turn it into a homogeneous mass. Add yolk, starch, butter and sugar to the puree. We fill the tartlets with this filling. After some time it will harden and become denser. You can decorate the top with berries and cream.
Instead of an afterword
Tartlets offer endless possibilities for any cook. Taking even the most familiar filling options as a basis, you can serve dishes in the most unusual way, playing on the decor. Portioned appetizers are invariably a success on any table, be it a buffet or a large family holiday. We hope that the filling options we offer will please you and add to your cookbook. Based on them, you can create your own original versions.