Date And Blue Cheese Tarts

By ctozzi

??The savoury taste of blue cheese and the sweetness of dates are a perfect appetizer combination. These are super-quick and easy to make ahead of time. Serve warm or cold. ??

Ingredients

• Pastry for 2 crust 9 inch (22 cm) pie
• Large eggs 2 2
• Buttermilk 1/3 cup 75 mL
• Ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp. 2 mL
• Finely chopped pitted dates 1/2 cup 125 mL
• Blue cheese, crumbled 1 1/2 oz. 43 g

Preparation

Step 1

Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch (6 mm) thickness. Cut into 3 1/4 inch (8.2 cm) circles with fluted cutter. Line tartlet pans or mini muffin cups with circles.

Whisk next 3 ingredients in medium bowl. Add dates and blue cheese. Stir well. Spoon about 2 tsp. (10 mL) date mixture in each shell. Bake on bottom rack in 375°F (190°C) oven for about 15 minutes until set. Let stand in pan for
10 minutes before serving. Makes 24 tarts.


1 tartlet: 104 Calories; 5.6 g Total Fat (0.2 g Mono, trace Poly, 2.5 g Sat);
23 mg Cholesterol; 12 g Carbohydrate; trace Fibre; 2 g Protein; 100 mg Sodium