Small cheese tarts with mountain cheese and puff pastry

Small cheese tarts with mountain cheese and puff pastry

Appetizers

Alpine puff pastry tartlets, filled with an egg and grated mountain cheese mixture, served as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre.

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These Alpine-style tartlets are a delight for cheese lovers. Served as an appetizer, alongside meat, or as a festive hors d’oeuvre, they are beautifully golden and infused with nutmeg.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$8.75 $1.09 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $3.28
  • $0.02
  • $0.23
  • $1.40
  • $0.71
  • $2.13
  • $0.08
  • $0.16
  • $0.74

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven with a rotating function (approximately 180 °C).
  2. Grease small tartlet molds and fill them with puff pastry.
  3. Whisk the flour into the milk until a smooth paste forms. Add the beaten eggs, then season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Mix in the grated cheese and parsley. ≈ 4 min
  4. Divide the dish evenly among the molds, cover with aluminum foil, and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
  5. Next, remove the paper and continue baking for about 20 minutes, until the tartlets are nicely golden brown.
  6. Use a knife to detach the tartlets from the molds, and then transfer them to warm plates. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Small cheese tarts with mountain cheese and puff pastry

  • 1 roll of puff pastry$3.28
  • 1 tablespoon of wheat flour (type 405)$0.02
  • 250 ml of whole milk$0.23
  • 4 eggs$1.40
  • nutmeg$0.71
  • Fresh, chopped parsley (or dried parsley if fresh is unavailable)$2.13
  • sea salt or coarse sea salt$0.08
  • freshly ground white or black pepper$0.16
  • butter for the molds$0.74

Total$8.75

that's $1.09 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 roll of puff pastry
  • 1 tablespoon of wheat flour (type 405)
  • 250 ml of whole milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 300 g of grated mountain cheese (or Appenzeller, Alpkäse, Emmental, or another strongly flavored cheese)
  • nutmeg
  • Fresh, chopped parsley (or dried parsley if fresh is unavailable)
  • sea salt or coarse sea salt
  • freshly ground white or black pepper
  • butter for the molds

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