Strawberry and Brie Tarts
Ingredients
1 (320g) pack ready rolled puff pastry
175g Brie de Meaux AOC
2 tbsp ground almonds
225g strawberries, hulled and sliced
3 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp cornflour
Beaten egg or milk for glazing
2 tsp demerara sugar
Icing sugar to dust
How to make it
This strawberry and brie recipe combines sweet, juicy strawberries with creamy brie in golden puff pastry tarts for an easy yet indulgent treat.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/ Fan 200°C/Gas 7
- Gently unfold the pastry, then cut into six 11.5 x 11.5cm squares. Place these on a baking parchment lined baking tray
- Cut the brie into 1.5cm cubes
- Scatter a heaped teaspoon of ground almonds in the centre of the pastry squares, then top with half the cubed brie
- In a bowl, mix the caster sugar and cornflour together, add the strawberries and toss to coat in the sugar mixture
- Divide the fruit between the pastry squares, heaping it in the middle
- Scatter over the remaining cubes of Brie de Meaux
- Brush the edges of pastry with glaze, then gather and pinch the edges together to form a fluted round shape
- Brush the outside of the pastry with glaze, then scatter over the demerara sugar
- Bake the tarts for 25- 30 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown
- Cool for 5 minutes before dusting with icing sugar. Best served warm
Recipe courtesy of The Cheese Lover
