Ready-made baskets made of puff, waffle or shortcrust pastry make it much easier for the hostess to prepare snacks. Tartlets with fillings are in demand both at a feast and at a light buffet table. Moreover, it is the filling that determines the type of snack. It can be meaty and nourishing, light vegetable, sweet-dessert, spicy and piquant or delicate in taste.
Filling for tartlets with crab sticks
This kind of mini-version in a basket of a famous salad is very popular with guests. Prepare more of these tartlets on the table.
You will need:
- 100 g of Dutch cheese;
- 6 crab sticks;
- 2 hard boiled eggs;
- salt to taste;
- 60 g mayonnaise;
- 15 g parsley.
Prepare all foods. Grind the frozen crab sticks on a coarse grater and pour into a deep cup. Grate cheese and boiled eggs in the same way. Stir the ingredients, salt to taste and add mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly.
Fill the unleavened dough tartlets with the resulting mixture and garnish them with fresh parsley leaves. You can use sliced kiwi for decoration.
Filling for cod liver tartlets
This appetizer is distinguished by its original presentation on the festive table and the delicate taste of salad with cod liver.
You will need:
- 240 g cod liver;
- 4 boiled eggs;
- 50 g canned peas;
- 80 g of light mayonnaise;
- 6 small pickled cucumbers;
- 20 g dill.
Remove the cod liver from the canned food and mash with a fork. Peel and chop the boiled eggs. Wash the cucumbers, if desired, remove the peel from them, especially if it is coarse, grate the cucumber.
Chop the dill and combine all the ingredients in one bowl, add the peas and season with a little mayonnaise to taste. Mix everything and fill the baskets. Before serving, the cod liver tartlets should be kept in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
Tartlets stuffed with red caviar
You will need:
- 50 g sweet butter;
- 100 g of red caviar;
- 3 lemon wedges;
- parsley for decoration.
Form wavy plates with a knife from butter, wrap them in a tube and place in baskets.
Place a small slice of lemon on top. Do not overdo it with lemon, so that its acidity only slightly emphasizes the taste of caviar, and does not interrupt it.
Fill the rest of the tartlet with red caviar, garnish the appetizer with a parsley leaf on top and serve.
Chicken filling for tartlets
You will need:
- 100 g sour cream 15-20% fat;
- 250 g chicken fillet;
- 150 g of shelled walnuts;
- 40 ml of refined oil;
- 15 g parsley;
- salt to taste.
Recipe step by step
Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Add sour cream, cover and simmer for 6 minutes.
Chop nuts and herbs with a knife. Cool the chicken and, along with the sour cream sauce, mix with the nuts and parsley. Season with salt to taste and fill the tartlets.
Filling for tartlets with red fish
You can prepare this delicious appetizer from any red fish. It is worth choosing a lightly salted product.
You will need:
- 50 g processed cheese;
- 200 g salted trout;
- 1 cucumber;
- 1 egg;
- 50 g mayonnaise.
Cooking step by step
Boil the hard-boiled egg and cool, peel and mash with a fork into fine crumbs.
Freeze the cheese a lot in the freezer and grate on a medium grater.
Cut the fish fillet into slices, leaving a small part for decoration.
Chop the cucumber into cubes or a grater and mix with mayonnaise.
Mix all the ingredients and put the filling in the tartlets. Garnish with leftover trout.
Filling for shrimp tartlets
This spectacular dish is the center of attention at any buffet table. You can use small shrimps to fill the baskets, and put the royal ones for decoration.
You will need:
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- 30 shrimp;
- 1 cucumber;
- 20 ml olive oil;
- 20 ml teriyaki sauce;
- 10 g sesame seeds.
Cooking steps
Peel the shell of raw shrimp. Make a mixture of teriyaki sauce and butter and pour over the shrimp and marinate for 10 minutes.
Then simmer the shrimp in an open skillet for 2 minutes, stirring continuously.
Finely chop the cucumber, grate the cheese. Mix all ingredients and sprinkle with sesame seeds. You can stuff the baskets.
Appetizer with curd cheese on tartlets
This is a delicate and airy cheese appetizer, complemented by fresh tomatoes.
You will need:
- 100 g of Dutch cheese;
- 100 g of natural curd cheese without additives;
- 15 cherry tomatoes;
- 30 g fresh dill.
Grate hard cheese on a medium grater, mash curd cheese with a fork. Chop the dill finely. Put both cheeses and dill in a blender and beat for 30 seconds until smooth.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Fill the tartlets with the green cheese mass and dip half a tomato into each. If you like spices, you can vary the filling with different spices to taste.
Mushroom filling for tartlets
This is a hot and hearty snack on a basket.
You will need:
- 40 g bacon;
- 70 g of hard cheese;
- 250 g fresh champignons;
- 3 green onion feathers;
- 2 sprigs of parsley;
- 20 ml of vegetable oil;
- salt and black pepper to taste.
Chop the mushrooms finely and fry them in a skillet in oil for 6 minutes. Add chopped bacon to the mushrooms and cook together for another 5 minutes.
Finely chop the green onion feathers and add to the sautéed ingredients. Cook for another 1 minute.
Cool the mass, add chopped parsley and grated cheese, mix. Fill the tartlets with the resulting mass and place in an oven preheated to 180 ° C to bake for 10 minutes.
Recipe with ham and cheese for tartlets
This is another hearty filling option that looks delicious without additional decor.
You will need:
- 50 g of Dutch cheese;
- 2 eggs;
- 200 g ham;
- 100 g sour cream.
Break the eggs into a bowl and whisk. Add sour cream and beat until smooth.
Cut the ham into thin strips and place on the bottom of the tartlets. Pour the sour cream and egg mass into the baskets. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and add to the tartlets.
Place the snack in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Dessert tartlets with fruits and berries
This pleasant refreshing dessert will be in demand at any feast. Children will love the especially sweet filling.
You will need:
- 250 g sour cream, 30% fat;
- 150 ml whipping cream;
- 150 g strawberries;
- 100 g icing sugar;
- 1 large peach;
- 2 kiwi.
Whisk the chilled cream and sour cream until thick with a hand blender. Pour the icing sugar in portions, beat the mass for another 2 minutes.
Wash the fruits and strawberries, peel the kiwi and cut everything into small pieces.
Fill the tartlets with the sweet, creamy paste, top with a slice of each fruit and strawberry. Chill the fruit snack for half an hour before serving.
Herring and beetroot tartlets
Prepare the ingredients for this appetizer in advance, since you need to collect the filling just before serving. This will keep it fresh and appetizing.
You will need:
- 1 beet;
- 100 g fillet of herring;
- 40 g mayonnaise;
- 2 green lettuce leaves;
- green onions for decoration.
Boil the beets until soft, peel and grate finely. Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands. Coat each basket with mayonnaise on the inside. Place pieces of lettuce at the bottom so that they can be seen from the baskets.
Gently spread the beets on the leaves, being careful not to stain the leaves, so that the appetizer looks neat.
Cut the herring fillets into thin strips and lay on top of the beets. Decorate each tartlet with green onion rings.
Filling with avocado and caviar for tartlets
Delicate avocado cream perfectly complements the taste of salted caviar, and lemon sourness completes the overall composition.
You will need:
- 1/2 lemon;
- 1 avocado
- 80 g red caviar;
- 2 sprigs of parsley.
Divide the avocado in half, remove the pit and spoon out all the flesh.
Squeeze the juice out of the lemon and pour over the fruit. Then use the hand blender to puree it.
Fill the tartlets with the resulting green pasta, and put the caviar on top, decorate the appetizer with a parsley leaf.
Olivier salad in tartlets
The original serving in sand baskets of traditional salad will return it to its former popularity at the table.
You will need:
- 1 boiled egg;
- 50 g of doctoral sausage;
- 1 boiled potato;
- 1/2 boiled carrot;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- 1/4 onion;
- 3 ml lemon juice;
- 2 green lettuce leaves;
- salt, sugar, ground pepper;
- 60 g mayonnaise.
Cut into equal cubes or grate carrots, eggs, potatoes, cucumbers and sausages.
Chop the onion, sprinkle with sugar and salt, sprinkle with lemon juice. Leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, pepper and season with mayonnaise. Place a slice of lettuce and then the filling on the bottom of each basket. Serve the snack.
Chicken and mushroom tartlets
Garlic combined with walnuts adds piquancy to this hearty appetizer.
You will need:
- 200 grams of raw mushrooms;
- 200 grams of boiled chicken breast;
- 70 g of cheese;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 80 g mayonnaise;
- 40 g of shelled walnuts;
- 20 ml of sunflower oil;
- salt to taste.
Chop the mushrooms into smaller pieces and fry in oil until the liquid is completely gone. Cut the chicken into small pieces and combine with the mushrooms.
Grate the cheese. Chop the walnuts. Pass the garlic through a press and mix with the nuts. Combine the prepared ingredients, add mayonnaise.
Fill the tartlets with the resulting mass and bake for about 12 minutes until golden brown at 180 ° C. Serve the appetizer hot.
Pineapple and cheese filling for tartlets
The sweetish fruit goes well with cheese and garlic. The spicy filling is obtained with an unforgettable taste.
You will need:
- 100 g canned pineapple;
- 80 g parmesan cheese;
- 1 egg;
- 50 g diet mayonnaise;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 20 g poppy seeds.
Peel and mash the boiled egg with a fork. Chop the pineapple finely and pat dry to remove the juice completely. Finely chop the cheese and garlic. Mix the ingredients and season with mayonnaise.
Fill the baskets with pineapple-cheese mass just before serving the snack on the table, otherwise the base will get wet from the juicy filling. Decorate the finished tartlets with poppy seeds.
