The fillings for tartlets for the holiday table can be the most unpredictable. The main thing is that the ingredients are combined with each other. The baskets themselves can be baked in special forms from sand text or bought ready-made (there are about 8-10 pieces in a package), the cost is “penny”. The appetizer can be “covered” with mayonnaise, sour cream or a delicate cheese “cap” on top. And as decoration you can use sprigs of fresh herbs, any, based on your own tastes.
You can experiment on your own, the limit of imagination is unlimited here. The filling can be made from fish, mushrooms, minced meat, pieces of meat, crab sticks, red caviar and other seafood. Children will love baskets with assorted fruits; they are healthy and filling.
The snack is notable for its variety, low cost of ingredients, speed and ease of preparation. It is suitable for both a festive table and a quick snack with the family.
Tartlets stuffed with chicken and mushrooms - the most delicious and simple recipe
Everyone who tries it will get incredible pleasure from the snack!
Ingredients:
- smoked chicken breast – 100 g;
- champignons – 100 g;
- processed cheese – 1-2 pcs.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise - for dressing the filling;
- tartlets (made from shortcrust pastry) – 10 pcs.;
- celery greens – 1 bunch.
Preparation:
- Chop the chicken into small cubes.
- Cut the mushrooms into portions and fry in a frying pan with sunflower oil.
- It is recommended to keep processed cheese in the freezer for half an hour, this way it is more convenient to grind them and grate them on a grater with small honeycombs.
- Pass the garlic cloves through a press.
- Combine everything in a common bowl, season with mayonnaise, and stir.
- Fill the tartlets and garnish with 2-3 celery leaves.
Absolutely anyone can fill tartlets on a holiday table; chicken with mushrooms is simple and delicious! The list of ingredients can be increased to the desired number of servings.
Other options
If vegetarians will be present at your holiday, then you better worry in advance and make tartlets with mushrooms so that no one goes hungry. And if after cooking you still have mushrooms left, you can use them by preparing fried champignons with onions and serve them as an addition to the main dish.
Or make pasta with mushrooms in a creamy sauce, which is simply a wonderful option for dinner. And you can not only fry mushrooms, but also make quick-cooking marinated champignons at home and enjoy them at dinner every day.
Tell us how you made the tartlets? What filling did you use? Did you like everything? Write your questions and comments in the comments.
Baskets (tartlets) of minced chicken with filling in the oven
Otherwise, the dish is called “Nests with Cheese”. The cooking process takes no more than 1 hour.
List of components:
- minced pork – 0.8 kg;
- minced chicken – 0.3 kg;
- milk – 2/3 tbsp.;
- onion – 1 head;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- garlic – 5 cloves;
- white loaf of bread - 2 slices;
- mixture of ground peppers, salt - 2.5 g each;
- sour cream – 1 tbsp. (home);
- “Russian” cheese – 180 g;
- greens - 1 bunch.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Pour milk over the bread slices and let soak for a couple of minutes.
- Make a “mix” of 2 types of minced meat, adding finely chopped onion, garlic pulp, squeezed pulp, pour in 1/3 tbsp. milk, add salt and pepper. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous.
- Roll into large balls of minced meat and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Make indentations for the filling.
- Separately, mix sour cream, eggs, chopped herbs and cheese, passed through a grater with large blades. Stuff the “nests”.
- Place in an oven preheated to 200⁰ for half an hour.
Chicken tartlets in the oven with a filling in the form of a delicate sour cream and cheese “cap”, just a mind-blowing pleasure!
Dressing for meat tartlets: recipe
No matter how tasty the filling is, the spicy dressing complements the taste of the dish. In meat tartlets you can use the following as a dressing:
- Mayonnaise
- Olive oil
- Ketchup
A dressing made from cream and spices will also be very tasty: you can add chopped thyme, tarragon, Italian herbs or garlic to 20% cream.
Creamy cheese sauce will be no less tasty:
- 200 g cream and cheese
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Italian herbs
Sauce
Preparation:
- Grate the cheese and add to the heated cream.
- Add spices there too.
- Cook for 3 minutes.
We recommend trying garlic sauce; due to the added spices, it will be very suitable for meat filling:
- 100 g each of mayonnaise, yogurt and sour cream
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 5 g each of black and red peppers
- 5 g curry
- Bunch of parsley
With added garlic
Sauce:
- In a blender, puree the garlic with the remaining ingredients.
- Leave in the refrigerator for an hour
- Pour the filling over the top or into the tartlet.
Honey mustard dressing:
- 150 g each mustard and honey
- 50 g soy sauce
- 1 onion
Dressing for tartlets
Preparation:
- Grind the onion in a blender.
- Mix mustard, honey and sauce.
- Add the onion mixture there.
- The sauce is ready for seasoning the meat filling.
The most delicious tartlets filled with crab sticks and melted cheese
Delicious is not the right word, amazing, simplicity at every stage!
The product list includes:
- crab sticks – 1 pack;
- tartlets – 8 pcs.;
- processed cheese “Druzhba” - 1 pc.;
- fresh parsley - 5 sprigs;
- mayonnaise – 60 g.
Cooking method:
- Cut the crab sticks into small squares.
- Grind the cheese using a medium-mesh grater.
- Combine the prepared ingredients and season with mayonnaise.
- Fill the baskets.
- Decorate the top with fresh herbs.
The filling for tartlets with crab sticks and melted cheese turns out tender, light and “airy”!
Tartlets filled with red fish and curd cheese. Simple recipe
The snack is not only appetizing, but also has a huge amount of useful substances.
Product components:
- sand “baskets” - 12 pcs.;
- curd cheese (without flavorings and herbs) – 12 tbsp;
- salmon or salmon fillet – 80 g;
- lettuce leaves – 5-6 pcs.
Description of preparation:
- Fill the tartlets with curd cheese, about halfway up.
- Carefully place lettuce leaves cut into 2-3 pieces on the side. They will serve as a kind of decoration.
- Cut the salmon fillet into long layers using a fork, make “roses” out of them, and roll them up.
Instant 5-minute snack ready. Aesthetics and taste are top notch!
Delicious tartlets with cod liver, egg and cheese
Tasty doesn’t mean expensive or time-consuming!
The ingredient composition requires:
- cod – 1 canned food;
- hard cheese – 100 g;
- chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
- tartlets – 30 pcs. (the smallest);
- mayonnaise – 60 g;
- salt - to taste;
- green onions - 4-6 “feathers”.
Cooking process:
- Boil the eggs for 5-7 minutes, immediately after boiling. They should be hard-boiled.
- Place the cod in a deep plate and mash with a fork.
- Separate the whites from the yolks. The first is to pass through a grater with medium honeycomb.
- Also chop the cheese into a mass. Add salt, mix everything, making the mixture homogeneous.
- Grind the yolks separately on the finest grater.
- Fill the “baskets” with the filling, dust the top with yolk “crumbs”, sprinkle with onions, cut into small rings.
Tartlets with a “rich” filling will be the first to fly off the table! A great option for a holiday feast!
Tartlets filled with avocado and red fish for the holiday table
This yummy dish is sure to be the highlight of any feast; it’s impossible not to try it!
The list of products includes:
- parsley – 1 bunch;
- dill – 5 sprigs;
- avocado – 1 fruit;
- red fish – 2 pieces (fillet);
- sand “baskets” - 6-8 pcs.;
- curd cheese – 100 g.
Description of preparation:
- Chop the greens finely.
- Cut the avocado in half, scoop out the pulp using a spoon.
- Mix greens, avocado into curd cheese, knead until all layers are evenly distributed.
- Shape the fish into squares of arbitrary size.
- Stuff the tartlets with the prepared mixture, place a piece of fish on top, and garnish with a sprig of parsley or dill.
“Airy” tartlets with the most delicate filling, delicious!
Tartlets with meat pate: recipe
Ideas for filling tartlets appear every day. It’s so convenient to combine products and create culinary masterpieces.
We invite you to prepare hearty tartlets with meat pate. For 10 tartlets:
- 100 g pate
- Lettuce leaves
- 1 cucumber
- Greenery
Tartlets with meat pate
Buy tartlets in the store or prepare them according to the recipe indicated at the beginning of the article. You can prepare the pate in advance, but to store it in the refrigerator, wrap it in cling film:
- Place lettuce leaves in tartlets.
- Place the pate tightly on top, but it is advisable that the lettuce leaves peek out a little.
- Garnish with cucumber slice and herbs. As a decoration, you can also choose a tomato, an egg or any product according to your desire, imagination and availability of products.
Baked tartlets with mushrooms, chicken and cheese in the oven
Super appetizer, suitable for a buffet, holiday feast or picnic in nature!
Product components:
- boiled chicken fillet – 2 pcs.;
- mushrooms (fresh) – ½ kg;
- onion – 1 head;
- “Russian” cheese – 90 g;
- sour cream (from 15% fat) – 50 g;
- tartlets – 1 pack. (16 pcs.);
- salt, spices - to your own taste.
Cooking process:
- Chop the mushrooms and onion into cubes, fry in a small amount of odorless sunflower oil, adding salt and spices. Then they should be thrown on a paper towel so that excess fat is absorbed.
- Cut the boiled chicken into strips.
- Combine both cuts, season with mayonnaise, if necessary, you can add salt, based on your own taste preferences.
- Fill the tartlets with the chicken-mushroom mixture.
- Pass the cheese through a grater with small blades, sprinkle each basket generously with cheese.
- Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and place in a preheated oven at 180⁰ for a couple of minutes until the cheese melts.
The final result is 16 snack baskets with perfect filling! You can decorate with green onion rings.
Tartlets with champignons and potatoes
Festive baskets with cheese, champignons and potatoes are an original and satisfying dish baked in the oven.
For the tartlet recipe you will need the following ingredients:
- 532 g potatoes;
- 310 g champignons;
- 320 g cheese;
- 50 g onion;
- 150 g sour cream;
- 53 g butter;
- vegetable oil;
- salt;
- red pepper.
Preparation:
- Peel the potatoes and cook for 20-25 minutes in salted water until tender. Potato water is poured into a separate bowl, as it will be useful for adding to mashed potatoes.
- Use a masher to crush the potatoes until mashed potatoes are formed, adding butter and a little water from boiling the potatoes.
- Peel the onion, wash in running water and cut into small cubes. Fry the onion in olive or sunflower oil.
- The mushrooms are peeled from the top layer, washed with cold water, dried with kitchen napkins, cut into pieces, added to the onion and simmered until all the liquid has evaporated. At the end, add salt and add spices.
- Fried mushrooms are mixed with mashed potatoes. For spiciness, you can add ground red pepper to the filling to taste.
- Cut the cheese into thin slices.
- Grease the muffin tins with softened butter using a brush. Then the bottom and walls of the mold are lined with slices of cheese. Place fried mushrooms with mashed potatoes in the middle, sprinkle grated cheese on top and place in a preheated oven to a temperature of 160 °C. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
The baskets are removed from the oven, cooled for a while and removed from the molds.
Festive appetizers with champignons and cheese in tartlets are served both cold and hot.
Tartlets with pickled champignons.
A simple recipe for tartlets with shrimp and cream cheese
A simple, but so tasty composition will make the snack your favorite in an instant!
Ingredients include:
- fresh frozen (peeled) shrimp – 0.8 kg;
- hard cheese – 230 g;
- sand molds - 1 pack;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise – 2-3 tbsp;
- dill – 5-6 sprigs.
Cooking method:
- Boil the shrimp, without defrosting, in boiling, slightly salted water for 3-5 minutes. Set aside as needed for decoration. Cool the rest and finely chop into fractions.
- Grind the cheese on a grater.
- Pass the garlic cloves through a press.
- Mix all the ingredients into a single mass.
- Fill the shortbread molds with a heap.
- Decorate the top with shrimp and a sprig of fresh dill.
Delicate “yummy” as if “melts in your mouth”!
How to make your own tartlet base
There is no need to buy ready-made baskets. After all, the manufacturing technology is very simple. Just be sure to cool them before filling them.
Classic shortbread tartlets
Roll out the shortbread dough and cut out circles. Divide them among the muffin tins. Depending on the molds you use, you may end up with tartlets with ribbed or round edges. If necessary, trim off excess dough.
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Refrigerate for 30 minutes or an hour. To reduce time, you can put the molds in the freezer.
Prick the bottom of the future tartlets with a fork or knife or cover with parchment and cover with dry legumes, such as beans. This is necessary so that the dough does not rise. Bake at 180°C for 10–15 minutes.
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Puff pastry tartlets
Puff pastry can simply be distributed into molds in the same way as shortbread. Or make very cute little “airy” tartlets out of it.
Cut out small circles from the dough. Separate the middle of half of them so that you get a thin ring.
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The cut-out remains can be reused. Prick whole circles of dough and place prepared rings on each of them. To make the tartlets shiny, brush their surface with egg.
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Bake at 180°C for about 15 minutes or until golden brown. If there is not enough space in the tartlets, you can lightly press down the centers.
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Lavash tartlets
You will get very unusual crispy baskets.
Cut thin pita bread into squares. Brush one of them with a mixture of beaten egg and a small amount of water. Place the second square on top crosswise.
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Make a few more of the same blanks. Place them in muffin tins.
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Place in an oven preheated to 180°C for 10 minutes. Remove the baskets from the molds after they have cooled completely.
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Festive tartlets with red caviar and cream cheese
The “delicacy” is amazing; at a festive feast it will “fly away” from the table very first!
List of product components:
- red caviar – 1 b.;
- mayonnaise – 50 g;
- dill – 1 bunch;
- cream cheese – 150 g;
- tartlets – 1 pack.
Preparation:
- Place the cream cheese in a convenient deep bowl for mixing.
- Parsley should be chopped as finely as possible. Stir in cheese.
- Season the mixture with mayonnaise. Fill each mold, pressing lightly with a spoon.
- Garnish with red fish eggs.
Minimum ingredients and time for cooking, maximum “yummy”, it’s impossible to put down!
Sweet tartlets made from shortcrust pastry with fruits for a children's party
For little culinary “aesthetes”, you can make baskets with sweets or fruits, you can use whipped cream and marmalade “worms”.
Ingredient list:
- granulated sugar – 70 g (for dough) + 30 g (for filling);
- flour – 1 tbsp. without top;
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp;
- baking powder – 1 tsp. with top;
- egg – 1 pc. (dough) + 1 pc. (filling);
- milk – 1 ¼ tbsp.;
- starch - 1 tbsp;
- lemon zest;
- fruits and berries - to your taste.
Preparation:
- Mix granulated sugar, vegetable oil, egg, whisk, add flour, knead the dough.
- Roll out the dough, cut out circles with a glass, and place in paper molds.
- Place in the oven, preheated to 180⁰ for a quarter of an hour.
- Heat the milk over a fire, adding a lemon slice with zest.
- Separately break the egg, mix with sugar and starch, mix.
- Pour into milk and simmer over medium heat until thickened, about 5-7 minutes.
- Fill the tartlets, decorate with finely chopped berries and pieces of fruit.
The recipe is completely natural, the kids will be delighted!
Filling for tartlets for a festive table with tuna
Simple, but festive, satisfying and budget-friendly! All products are cheap and can be found in every housewife’s home.
Ingredient list:
- chicken eggs – 5 pcs.;
- green olives – 10 pcs.;
- canned tuna – 1 b.;
- mayonnaise – 4 tbsp;
- dill – 6-8 sprigs;
- long-fruited cucumber – 1 pc.;
- tartlets – 1 pack.
Step-by-step cooking process:
- Boil the eggs “hard-boiled” for about a quarter of an hour. Cool, mash with a fork.
- Mash the tuna right in the jar and add it to the egg mixture.
- Finely chop the dill, add to the mixture, season with mayonnaise, stir until all layers are evenly mixed.
- Fill the tartlets.
- Cut olives and cucumber into thin rings and circles, respectively. And decorate each snack “basket” based on your own imagination.
Just a couple of “budget” ingredients, taken as a basis, can “work wonders” in cooking!
Meat salad in tartlets for filling: recipe
Men love such tartlets very much, since the cold cuts as a filling are very tasty. Filling:
- 500 g each chicken fillet and beef pulp
- 400 g smoked ham
- 4 pears
- 4 cucumbers (equal parts fresh and salted)
- Beef tongue
- Mayonnaise
- Greenery
- Spices
Meat salad
Preparation:
- Mix mayonnaise with herbs and place in the refrigerator; you can add your favorite spices to the sauce.
- At this time, cut the boiled meat, as well as vegetables and fruits into strips.
- Remove the sauce, add the chopped ingredients and return to the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Place the assortment into tartlets and decorate as desired.
Hot tartlets with bacon, cheese and tomatoes in the oven
The calorie content of the “yummy” is 311.7 kcal per 100 g, resulting in 30 pieces that will be swept away “in the blink of an eye.”
Ingredients:
- raw smoked bacon – 100 g;
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- liquid Tabasco sauce - 2 tbsp;
- tomato – 1 pc. (average);
- hard cheese – 150-200 g;
- mayonnaise – 60 ml;
- tartlets – 30 pcs.;
- celery greens - for decoration.
Cooking process:
- Chop the bacon, cheese and tomato into squares.
- Break the egg into a separate dish, add Tabasco sauce and mayonnaise to it, beat the mixture with a mixer for a couple of minutes. Pour over the previously prepared slices and stir until smooth.
- Fill the “baskets” with filling.
- Preheat the oven to 180C, cover a baking sheet with parchment, distribute the appetizer, bake for a quarter of an hour.
- Decorate the top with celery sprigs.
Many people like fillings for tartlets for appetizers to be richer, yes, meatier, this recipe has everything for that! Gourmets will be able to appreciate the dish.
Delicious tartlets filled with squid and crab sticks
A delicious seafood snack, and also very healthy!
Grocery list:
- crab sticks – 200 g;
- squid – 300 g;
- tartlets – 1 pack;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise – 3-4 tbsp;
- greens – 1 bunch (to your taste);
- radish, cucumber (fresh) - for decoration of the “top”.
Cooking process:
- Squids should be cleaned (it’s better to buy them straight away so you don’t have to worry about it). Pour water into the pan, wait until it boils, lower the carcasses, and boil for no more than 5 minutes. Cool. Chop into small strips.
- Eggs should be hard-boiled, allowed to cool, and passed through a grater with small honeycombs.
- Cut crab sticks into cubes.
- Mix together all types of prepared cuts.
- Add greens to them, chopped as finely as possible.
- Season the mixture with mayonnaise, stirring thoroughly.
- Stuff the shortbread molds.
- Garnish with thin circles of chopped radish and cucumber.
A “budget”, but incredibly delicious appetizer for the holiday table, guests and household members will be delighted! “At the end” you get 10-15 pieces of “delicacy”.
Tartlets stuffed with crab sticks, cheese and eggs with garlic and tomatoes
The rich, juicy filling has a spicy garlic taste and aroma, it’s impossible to resist, you definitely have to try it!
Product list:
- Dutch cheese - 80 g;
- tomato – 1 pc. (average);
- crab sticks – ½ pack;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise – 30 g;
- garlic – 1-2 cloves;
- salt - to taste;
- red caviar - for decoration;
- tartlets – 12 pcs.
Cooking process:
- Boil the eggs for 5-7 minutes, from the moment the liquid boils. Cool and pass through a fine mesh grater.
- Cut crab sticks (crab meat) into small fractions.
- Grind the cheese finely.
- Combine the sticks, cheese and egg mass, squeeze the garlic cloves through a press (their quantity can be adjusted based on your own taste preferences). Stir with mayonnaise. You can add salt to taste.
- Cut the tomato into thin slices in the shape of triangles.
- Place 1-2 tomato pieces into tartlets.
- For convenience, place the mixture into a pastry bag and squeeze it into baskets in the shape of a medium-sized ball.
- Make indentations and place 1 tsp. caviar into each tartlet.
A pleasure that cannot be expressed in words! An express recipe for when “guests are already on the doorstep.” Cooking time: no more than 30 minutes. Caviar can be replaced with greens or olive slices.
Recipe for tartlets with pineapple, cheese and garlic
An interesting combination of products gives the appetizer dish incredible deliciousness! Once you try it, you will love it forever!
The grocery list requires:
- dough molds - 1 pack. (8-12 pcs.);
- canned pineapples – 1/3 b.;
- chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
- hard cheese – 50 g;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- homemade mayonnaise (sour cream) – 2 tbsp. with top;
- ground pepper - a pinch;
- salad – 4-5 leaves.
Description of preparation:
- Cut the canned pineapples into medium-sized squares.
- For the pineapples, grate with large honeycombs and pre-boiled hard-boiled eggs.
- Pass the cheese through a fine-mesh grater and add to the total mass.
- Sprinkle the filling with ground pepper, add mayonnaise and garlic, passed through a press. Stir until the mixture is homogeneous.
- Rinse the lettuce leaves, divide them in half, place 1 piece at a time. in each "basket".
- Fill the sand molds with the resulting mixture, pressing down slightly with a spoon.
- In a separate bowl, crumble 1 tartlet and 1 tbsp. grated cheese, stir, powder the tops of the “delicacy”.
You can make tartlets yourself, in the form of “nests,” or purchase a ready-made version of “baskets” made from shortcrust pastry in the store. Mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream.
Hot potato tartlets with chicken and cheese
Another delicacy that will certainly be loved by both guests and family. These tartlets look very unusual because the baskets themselves are made from raw potatoes.
Ingredients:
- raw potatoes - 10 pieces
- chicken fillet – 400 g
- onions - 100 g
- sour cream - 200 g
- garlic - 1 clove
- liquid smoke - optional
- cheese - 200 g
- greens - optional
Preparation:
- Peel the raw potatoes with a knife and grate them using a coarse grater. It is better not to use a fine grater to avoid making a puree.
- Add salt to the potatoes, stir, and squeeze out the excess water.
- Place the resulting “dough” in muffin tins in the form of nests - these are future tartlets. In total you will get about 20 pieces.
- Place the tartlets in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
- While the base is preparing, prepare the chicken. Using a sharp knife, cut the chicken into small cubes. Then fry in a heated frying pan until golden brown.
- Finely chop the onion and add to the chicken, also until golden brown.
- When both the chicken and onions are ready, add sour cream. Simmer the chicken with onions in sour cream for 10 minutes.
- At this time, crush the garlic clove and grate the cheese.
- Remove chicken and onion from heat, combine with garlic and liquid smoke in a separate bowl. Liquid smoke may not be added, but it will give the taste of smoked meats.
- Place the filling into the prepared potato tartlets, sprinkle with cheese and place in the oven at 250 degrees for 5 minutes. This will allow the cheese to melt very quickly.
- Remove the appetizer from the oven, let it cool for 5-10 minutes and place each tartlet on a plate.
- Serve with greens.
Potato tartlets are simply delicious!
Tartlets with mushroom and chicken julienne with cream
Exquisite filling in the “French style” with real Bechamel sauce. Restaurant food at your home, easy and worry-free!
List of ingredients:
- flour – 20 g;
- butter – 20 g;
- milk – 1 tbsp.;
- pepper mixture – 5 g;
- tartlets – 1 pack;
- chicken breast (boiled) - 150 g;
- cheese – 100 g;
- champignons – 10 pcs.;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut the mushrooms into thin slices, fry in a frying pan with a small amount of sunflower oil (flavorless).
- After a couple of minutes, add the onion, chopped into small cubes, cook until a light “caramel” shade is obtained. Add salt, remembering to stir from time to time so that the roast does not burn.
- Empty the pan from the onion-mushroom frying, melt a piece of butter instead, then add flour and salt, stirring vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
- Pour in the milk, continuing to stir so that no lumps form. Wait until the mixture thickens, sprinkle with a mixture of peppers, turn off the stove.
- Cut the chicken into cubes, grate the cheese coarsely.
- Fill the tartlets in layers - chicken, onion-mushroom frying, pour sauce (about 1 tbsp each), make a cheese “cap”.
- Place in an oven preheated to 180⁰ for 10 minutes.
A dish that makes your mouth water and awakens your appetite even while cooking. Can be served both hot and cold.
What and how to serve it with
Tartlets are usually served on a large tray along with other snacks and strong drinks, such as champagne. They don’t need to be decorated; you can actually add a leaf of parsley on top of the cheese. Guests will bring their own snacks and drinks, or you can serve and serve them.
Tartlets can also be served with other appetizers if you have a large number of guests, such as sliced cheese, seafood or nachos.
Tartlets with herring under a fur coat for the festive table
What would a holiday be without the popular “Herring under a Fur Coat” salad. It can be served in an unusual way, in the form of a snack in sand “baskets”!
Products for cooking:
- baskets – 14 pcs.;
- boiled carrots - 1 root vegetable;
- herring (lightly salted) – 1 pc. (boneless fillet);
- boiled beets – 1 pc.;
- cream cheese – 150 g;
- purple onion – 1 head;
- boiled quail eggs – 7 pcs.;
- odorless sunflower oil – 5 ml;
- sprigs of greenery - for decoration;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Cooking process:
- Cut the boiled root vegetables into small slices, add cream cheese (or curd cheese) to them, and blend with a blender into a homogeneous mass. Salt, pepper, stir.
- Cut half of the fillet into slices for decoration, cut the rest into small cubes.
- Finely chop the onion, combine with herring, pour in sunflower oil.
- Cut the boiled quail eggs into 4 parts for decoration.
- Distribute the tartlets on a large flat dish, fill each with onion and fish filling.
- Place the creamy vegetable mixture into a pastry bag and squeeze into the shape of roses on top of the filling.
- Decorate the appetizer with fish slices on one side, and quail egg halves on the other.
Deliciousness and beauty in every serving! Quail eggs can be replaced with chicken eggs, just cut into a large number of pieces.
Ideas for small tartlets, mini canapés on skewers with chicken: photo
Decorating tartlets and mini-canapés involves a lot of imagination. To ensure that the appetizer does not look “boring” and serves as a table decoration, you will have to try hard. Some options require a high level of knife handling skill, some only require creativity.
Tartlets usually look very good with greens. Take dill, parsley, cilantro, green onions. Less often - arugula. The herbs are sprinkled on top of the filling. You can use either finely chopped leaves, small twigs, or whole leaves.
Chicken tartlets with dill sprigs
If the idea of decorating tartlets with just greenery seems boring to you, add a bright accent. It could be corn, tomato, orange, red or yellow bell pepper, caviar, carrots, even pieces of fruit!
Tartlets with oranges and lingonberries for the holiday
A tomato as a decoration also looks great. It’s also very tasty, because chicken and tomatoes go well together.
Mini potato tartlet with chicken and tomato
If a tartlet is a basket of shortbread or puff pastry, which is filled with filling and used as a snack, then a canapé is also a snack option, but not in baskets, but on a skewer.
In a canapé, all the filling is visible, so pay attention to the color combinations and cutting - they must be perfect, then the canapes will be the “highlight” of your holiday table.
Chicken sandwiches on skewers with fresh vegetables are a breath of summer at a winter holiday.
Mushrooms and fresh vegetables combined with chicken are a beautiful and tasty solution for canapés
And this version of canapes with chicken skewers looks especially elegant. The bottom layer is a toasted bun, then comes lettuce, bell peppers, chicken and half a cherry tomato.
Canapes for a banquet
Hot canapés are an excellent snack made with puff pastry.
Canapes with bacon and chicken
And here is, perhaps, the most beautiful and unusual design option for canapes. The dish uses toasted rye bread, chicken, cheese, boiled grated beets and pomegranate.
The most striking design option for canapés with chicken
Don't forget that every dish is an opportunity to express yourself. Therefore, experiment, create masterpieces, be more confident in your abilities and improve your cooking skills.
Amazing tartlets with liver pate and pickled cucumber
The most delicate and delicious snack, just “finger-licking”!
Ingredients:
- boiled chicken liver – 350 g;
- boiled carrots – 2 pcs.;
- onion – 1 head;
- vegetable oil - 1/3 briquette;
- sunflower oil – 2 tbsp;
- pickled cucumber – 2 pcs.;
- ground pepper – 2.5 g;
- Parmesan cheese or any hard cheese – 40 g;
- pomegranate seeds - 2-3 tbsp;
- tartlets – 1 pack.
Preparation:
- Cut the onion into medium fractions, fry in a frying pan with sunflower oil until translucent.
- Chop the carrots into slices, cucumbers into strips.
- Mix chopped vegetables, fried onion and boiled liver in a blender bowl, and pepper.
- Blend the mixture with a blender until it becomes a paste.
- Add butter at room temperature. Interrupt a little more.
- Fill tartlets with pate.
- Grind the Parmesan into shavings, sprinkle the tops, and decorate with pomegranate seeds.
Gastronomic pleasure in every tartlet!