Blue Cheese Tartlets With Fig Jam and Walnuts

Blue Cheese Tartlets With Fig Jam and Walnuts

  Ready in : 45 mins

Blue Cheese Tartlets With Fig Jam and Walnuts might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre collection. One serving contains 273 calories, 6g of protein, and 23g of fat. This recipe serves 30. For 95 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 8 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It is brought to you by Foodista. A mixture of cheese, orange zest, walnuts, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 36%. This score is not so awesome.

Ingredients

cheese

cheese

3 ounces

butter

butter

0.5 cup

fig jam

fig jam

1 cup

flour

flour

1.25 cups

orange zest

orange zest

1

walnuts

walnuts

30 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease the cups of the mini muffin pans, unless youre using non-stick pans.In a medium bowl cream together the blue cheese and butter.

    blue cheese

    blue cheese

    butter

    butter

    cream

    cream

    bowl
    bowl
    oven
    oven
  2. 2
    Add the flour and use your hands to bring the dough together in the bowl.Divide the dough into 30 pieces and roll into balls. (If you prefer a more delicate shell, divide the dough into 36 pieces.)Using lightly floured fingers evenly press the dough against the sides of the mini tart pan until the dough rises slightly above the rim of the muffin cup.

    dough

    dough

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    roll

    roll

    tart form
    tart form
    bowl
    bowl
  3. 3
    Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown. Cool in pans for 5 minutes.

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    oven
  4. 4
    Remove shells to a wire rack to finish cooling.Store cooled shells in an airtight container until ready to use. (They freeze well too.

    pasta shells

    pasta shells

    wire rack
    wire rack
  5. 5
    Bake frozen shells for 8 minutes at 325F before filling.)Spoon jam into cooled tartlet shells.

    tartlet shells

    tartlet shells

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    pasta shells

    jam

    jam

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    oven
  6. 6
    Sprinkle with toasted walnuts, orange zest, and thyme leaves if using.

    thyme

    thyme

    orange zest

    orange zest

    walnuts

    walnuts