Tartlet is a diminutive of the French word "tart", which means "open pie". Dishes based on tartlets will decorate any festive table, moreover, tartlets with different fillings are also suitable for your daily diet, because it is an attractive, appetizing and nutritious snack.
Buy or cook?
Tartlets of various shapes are available in stores. This is quite an affordable pleasure, buying ready-made tartlets, you will save time when preparing snacks. Alternatively, you can make your own tartlets. All you need is premium flour (two glasses), a couple of tablespoons of cornmeal (it will give a golden hue), 100 g of ghee, half a teaspoon of baking soda and a few drops of vinegar to extinguish it. To taste - salt and sugar. Mix all ingredients, place in molds and bake in oven at 180 degrees until tender. Buy tartlets or cook them yourself - it's up to you. In any case, the base for the tartlets, that is, the filling, will play a decisive role in the preparation of the appetizer.
Fillings for tartlets
The filling for tartlets can be either sweet or meat or fish. The main condition is that all the ingredients for the tartlets must be finely chopped. You can experiment with fillings and put in there what you love the most. If you are not sure of your culinary powers, then seek help from cookbooks or websites: there are a lot of recipes for tartlets, and they are all understandable and accessible.
If you want to pamper your loved ones, prepare shrimp and cheese tartlets. To do this, you need a pound of peeled shrimp, 40 ml of white wine, 150-200 g of Dorblu cheese, a teaspoon of lemon juice and a clove of garlic. Heat a frying pan and melt the cheese in it, add the shrimp to it and stir. Then add lemon juice and chopped garlic, simmer the mass for a couple of minutes, then add wine to the pan. Simmer the dish for a couple of minutes, then let it stand in the pan without heat (about 5 minutes). Put the finished mass in tartlets, you can decorate the dish with dill and red caviar.
You can also fill the tartlets with nuts. In this case, you will need walnuts (150 g), a couple of garlic cloves, mayonnaise (two tablespoons), olives. Mix all ingredients and place in tartlets. Decorate with lemon slices.
Pickles can also be used as filling for tartlets. Try a couple of large pickles, one fresh carrot, and processed cheese. Grate all the ingredients on a coarse grater (you can also on a fine one - the choice is yours), mix with mayonnaise and put in tartlets. It is desirable to decorate with herbs, you can sprinkle with pepper and herbs.
If you want to make hearty tartlets, use chicken and mushrooms for the filling. You will need 500 g of chicken fillet, two medium tomatoes, three boiled eggs, 300 g of mushrooms, mayonnaise, garlic and herbs - for dressing. Boil the chicken fillet, cool, then cut into small cubes. Put mushrooms in a heated frying pan, fry in butter, add chicken in a couple of minutes, simmer well over low heat for about 5 minutes. Boil the eggs, cool, then grate the protein on a coarse grater, and the yolk on a fine grater. Mix eggs, mushrooms and chicken with mayonnaise, herbs and pressed garlic. Divide the mass into tartlets.
