Blue Cheese Tartlets

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pastry for a 9 inch pie shell
• 6 tablespoons blue cheese, crumbled (i like the maytag blue)
• 2 whole eggs
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4 ounces milk cheese, grated (monterey jack or brick are good)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400f.
• 2 roll out pastry on floured board to form a 12 inch circle.
• 3 using a 3 inch cutter, cut rounds of dough.
• 4 by reworking dough scraps, there should be 12 rounds.
• 5 grease the back of a 12-cup muffin pan.
• 6 fit rounds onto pan and part way up sides of cup – the pastry goes on the outside of the cup, not the inside, pressing lightly to seal.
• 7 bake for 10 minutes.
• 8 if pastry has puffed up, press down lightly.
• 9 set aside to cool reduce oven temperature to 350f.
• 10 remove pastry shells from backs of muffins pan and place upright on cookie sheet.
• 11 place ½ t of blue cheese in bottom of each shell.
• 12 combine eggs, cream, milk, grated cheese, nutmeg and salt.
• 13 divide mixture among shells, pouring almost to the top.
• 14 don’t overfill as cheese mixture will rise during baking.
• 15 there may be a bit of leftover filling.
• 16 place filled shells in oven and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned and firm.
• 17 serve hot or tepid.