Peppered bacon and camembert tarts

Recipe Categories : | Appetizers | Tarts | Hot & Spicy | Bacon |

Serves : makes 8

Ingredients :

• 1½ cups plain flour
• 4oz butter, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tbsp iced water
• 2 bacon rashers, finely chopped
• 1 small leek, thinly sliced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• ¾ cup cream
• ½ cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp cracked black pepper
• 5oz camembert cheese, thinly sliced

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. Sift flour into bowl, rub in butter. Add egg and enough water to make ingredients cling together. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
2. Divide pastry into 8 pieces, roll between sheets of baking paper to line 8 x 10cm round flat tins. Press pastry into tins, trim edges, refrigerate 30 minutes.
3. Cover pastry with baking paper, fill with dried beans or rice, place on oven tray. Bake in moderately hot oven 10 minutes. Remove paper and beans.
4. Meanwhile, add bacon, leek and onion to pan, cook, stirring, until onion is soft. Divide bacon mixture between pastry cases, pour over combined creams, eggs and pepper; top with cheese. Bake in moderately hot oven about 25 minutes or until lightly browned and set.