Vegetarian Christmas canape recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has puff pastry, egg, cranberry, goat's cheese, thyme leaf, extra-virgin olive oil and rocket.
Goat's cheese & cranberry tartlets
Course: Vegetarian Christmas canapé
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- Egg: 1 egg, beaten
- Rocket: rocket leaves, to serve
- Thyme Leaf: 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf
- Cranberry: 3 tbsp cranberry sauce or a good-quality chutney
- Goat'S Cheese: 3 x 120g goat's cheese logs (such as Soignon Petit Sainte-Maure), at room temperature
- Puff Pastry: 375-425g pack ready-rolled puff pastry or 500g pack ready-made pastry rolled 5mm thick
Directions
- Preheat oven to fan 200C/conventional 220C/gas 7. Lay pastry on a floured work surface. Using a round 7.5cm round pastry cutter, cut out as many circles as possible.
- Sit them on oiled baking sheets and score a circle about 2.5cm in from the edge of each disc by pressing gently with a 5cm cutter. Pierce the middle of each with a fork, brush with egg and top with a little cranberry sauce or chutney.
- Slice the cheese 5mm thick so you have a slice per disc (discard end rinds). Lay a slice on each tartlet, then top with thyme leaves, a drizzle of oil and a twist of black pepper.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is golden and the pastry crispy. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm, garnished with rocket leaves.
