Cheese And Apple Tartlets

Recipe Ingredients

		Pastry
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - cut in
5 tablespoons	75ml	Ice water - (or 6 tb)
		Apple Filling
1 1/4 lbs	567g / 20oz	Cooking apples - peeled, cored and coarsely c
8 teaspoons	40ml	Sugar
16 teaspoons	80ml	Shredded cheddar cheese

Recipe Instructions

Pastry:

Combine flour and salt in large bowl. With a pastry blender or 2 knives cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually sprinkle with ice water, tossing with a fork until all is moistened. Gather dough into a ball. Divide dough in half. Form each ball into a square. Wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Assemble:

Preheat oven to 425F. Cut each dough square in quarters. On lightly floured surface, roll out each pastry piece to a 5-inch circle. Press pastry rounds into 4-inch tartlet pans. Trim edge. Set pans on baking sheet. Spoon chopped apples evenly in pastry shells. Sprinkle each with 1 ts sugar.

Bake at 425F for 20 minutes until pastry is lightly browned and apple is tender. Remove from oven. Sprinkle each tartlet with 2 ts cheese. Bake at 425F for 5 minutes until cheese is golden brown. Serve hot or cold.

Source:
Cooking Light, June 1995, page 69

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