Meat Tart Appetizers Recipes

MEAT TARTS

Steps:

• Trim crusts from bread and butter.
• Place butter side down in tart tins.
• Brown beef and add onion, worcestersauce and soup.
• Slowly stir in cheese.
• Mix well.
• Fill tart shells with mixture.
• Bake 350 for 35 minutes.
• These freeze well. After removing from freezer, cook 10 minutes before serving.

TOURTIERE TARTS

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in large saucepan. ( I do mine in microwaveable casserole dish).Simmer.
• If doing on stove top bring to boil, then simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking.
• Remove from heat and add mashed potatoes. Mixture should be moist and thick. Cool completely.
• Line muffin tins with tart shells. Spoon meat mixture to fill.
• Bake at 400 degrees F until browned.
• To reheat from freezer, about 10 t0 20 minutes in oven or toaster oven 350 degrees F.

MINI-MUSHROOM TART APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Mix the egg, onion, soup, cheese, parsley and milk (or sherry).
• Cook the bacon until crisp.
• Crumble bacon and add to soup mixture.
• Cook mushrooms in bacon fat until limp.
• Add mushrooms to mixture.
• On a lightly floured board, roll out the pie pastry.
• Cut out circles using 1&1/2" cookie cutter or top of glass.
• Grease mini muffin pan and line each muffin tin with pastry, pressing to fit.
• Spoon mixture into each tart.
• Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until edges of pastry are lightly brown.
• ***This recipe can make 48 tarts, but usually I just make 24, and use the remainder of the filling to make a quiche type dish.
• Put the other pie crust into a greased pie dish and pour the rest of mixture into it.
• Bake uncovered at 375 degrees until edges of pastry are light brown.