Mushroom & mascarpone tarts

Mushroom & mascarpone tarts

You can make these little tarts in just half an hour and they're great for a smart lunch or a dinner party starter

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Fry the shallots, mushrooms and garlic in a little oil until the mushrooms are cooked through. Add 1 tbsp tarragon. Put a spoonful of mascarpone into each tart and top with mushrooms.
  2. Bake for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with more tarragon.

Per serving

682 kcalories, protein 9.6g, carbohydrate 60.2g, fat 46.4 g, saturated fat 18.7g, fibre 3.6g, salt 1.32 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2009.

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  • 12 December 2010

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I wanted to serve these as a canape, so I cheated and bought ready made small pastry cases and followed the rest of the recipe above. I could not get fresh tarragon so used dried and it still worked well. They went down a treat with my guests.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 shallots , chopped
  • 400g wild or open cap mushrooms , cleaned and sliced
  • 1 garlic clove , chopped
  • olive oil
  • 1 tbsp chopped tarragon leaves, plus more to finish
  • 4 tbsp mascarpone
  • 500g shortcrust pastry , used to line 4 tart tins and baked blind, or 4 ready baked tart cases
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Per serving

682 kcalories, protein 9.6g, carbohydrate 60.2g, fat 46.4 g, saturated fat 18.7g, fibre 3.6g, salt 1.32 g

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