Baking tarts are fun as the possibilities with them are endless.
Just a tart shel can improve our table spread. I make one type of tart and fill it with sweet and savoury fillings. To make a sweet tart you don't need a sweet pastry. You can make a tart shell and fill it with sweet fillings like custard and chocolate or even cake.
Cooking in a variety with kids is a bit tough and i always opt for the best and easiest. This tart serves the purpose and pleases the health conscious too.
Ingredients
- Pastry
- 2 cups flour
- 100 grams butter
- 1 tsp salt
- Water as required
- 1 Egg
- Filling
- 1 potato
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- Salt to taste
- A pinch of turmeric powder
- Chillie and pepper powder as required
- 1 cup boiled flaked fish
- 1 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste (both mixed)
- 1 tablespoon oil
Directions
- Pastry
- 1In a clean bowl add the flour with salt
- 2Break in the butter and mix to resemble breadcrumbs
- 3Pour the egg and mix gently
- 4Bring the flour together by adding a splash of water little by little
- 5Do not knead it too much just use a folk and bring it together
- 6Place it on a lightly floured surface and roll flat
- 7Cut into circles using a 4 inch round cookie cutter
- 8Place each circle on a nonstick muffin pan
- 9Place a cupcake case over the pastry
- 10Fill each with baking beans
- 11Bake on a pre heated oven for 20 minutes
- 12Take off the oven and cool completely before filling
- Filling
- 1Boil a potato with carrot and mash it together
- 2Add the mashed potato over the onion and the flaked fish
- 3Chop the onion and saute in 1 tbsp oil
- 4Season it with salt, pepper and chillie powder
- 5Add a tablespoon of ginger and garlic paste
- 6Cover and cook in a low flame for 5 minutes
- 7Fill the cases with the filling and serve hot
- 8You can add a custard or chocolate with fruits and serve as a dessert too
