Tomato basil tarts with creamy saffron sauce

Name: Tomato basil tarts with creamy saffron sauce
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For tarts:; 1 cup all purpose flour; 100 grams butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 3-4 tbsp cold water (for kneading); 1/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese; For the filling:; 5-6 tbsp fresh cream; 6-8 cherry tomatoes; 1-2 garlic cloves minced; 3-4 basil leaves; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp oregano; 1/2 tsp black pepper powder; to taste Salt; as needed Oil for greasing tart moulds; 2-3 tbsp fresh cream; For saffron sauce:; 1/2 tsp butter; 1/4 cup milk; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1/4 tsp black pepper powder; 3-4 saffron strands

Prabhleen Kaur @cook_7781272

Varanasi

A delicious fancy party appetizer.

Prabhleen Kaur @cook_7781272

Varanasi

A delicious fancy party appetizer.

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

For tarts:
1 cup all purpose flour
100 gramsbutter
1/2 tspsalt
3-4 tbspcold water (for kneading)
1/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese
For the filling:
5-6 tbspfresh cream
6-8cherry tomatoes
1-2garlic cloves minced
3-4 basil leaves
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 tsporegano
1/2 tspblack pepper powder
to tasteSalt
as neededOil for greasing tart moulds
2-3 tbsp fresh cream
For saffron sauce:
1/2 tspbutter
1/4 cupmilk
1/2 tspsugar
1/4 tspblack pepper powder
3-4 saffron strands

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Steps

30 mins

1

For the short crust pastry dough: In a mixing bowl sift in all purpose flour and salt.
2

Now add butter cubes. (Butter should be right out of the refrigerator, it should not be softened)
3

Mix in butter with the fingertips untill the mixture starts looking like fine bread crumbs.
4

Now add 2-3 tbsp cold water and knead a firm dough. Once done wrap in a cling film and chill for 1 hour.
5

After one hour, take out the dough from the refrigerator, preheat your oven at 180°C and grease the tart moulds with oil.
6

Roll the chilled dough on a floured surface.
7

Cut out a circle with a cookie cutter. Press the dough into each mould till the edge and cut off the rest.
8

Repeat the same process for making rest of the tarts.
9

Bake the tarts in preheated oven for 20 minutes for untill they are light brown in colour.
10

Once done let them cool down completely.
11

Meanwhile prepare the filling: In a bowl take fresh cream, add minced garlic, red chilli flakes, oregano, black pepper, salt and mix it well and keep aside.
12

After a minute add sugar and pepper mix it and switch off the flame. Keep in refrigerator to chill.
13

Once the tarts are cooled down spread a layer of grated mozzarella cheese.
14

Add 2 tbsp of the prepared filling from top then layer with some cherry tomatoes and basil leaves.
15

Bake the tarts again at 170°C for 5 mins.
16

Serve them with chilled saffron sauce.