Blue Cheese Tartlets

Name: Blue Cheese Tartlets
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 50 ml olive oil, plus extra for oiling the work surface; A pinch of sea salt; 200 g blue cheese, crumbled (you can use any blue cheese you have to hand); 200 ml water; 150 g plain flour; Melted butter, for greasing; 4 eggs; 300 ml crème fraîche

Preparation info

Makes
4-8
tartlets (depending on the size of your tins)

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ms Marmite Lover's Secret Tea Party

By Kerstin Rodgers

Published 2014

About

I first came up with this recipe while staying in a chalet in the French Alps. The saltiness of the blue cheese is nicely set off by the crème fraîche.

Ingredients

150 g plain flour
A pinch of sea salt
50 ml

Europe
France
Pie
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Grease the tartlet tins with melted butter.

In a bowl, mix together the flour and salt, then add the olive oil and water. Work the pastry until it comes together, adding a little more water if necessary.

Roll out the pastry on an oiled