Caviar Tartlets
- All-purpose flour for rolling out the pastry
- 1 sheet commercial puff pastry, preferably Pepperidge Farm
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup Creme Fraiche
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
- 3 to 4 ounces assorted (black, salmon, and golden) caviars
- Tiny dill sprigs for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry with a floured rolling pin to 1/8 inch thick.
- Use a 2-inch cookie cutter or a drinking glass to cut out 24 circles from the pastry.
- You may have to gather up the scraps and roll out the pastry again.
- Press each circle into a cup of a small-cup (1 1/2-inch size) muffin tin.
- Prick the bottoms of the tartlet shells with a fork, line each with aluminum foil, and fill with dried beans, pie weights, or rice.
- Bake until the edges are golden and the shells are baked through, about 15 minutes.
- (If they are not baked properly, remove the foil and pie weights, and bake for 5 minutes more.
- Cool completely and remove from the tins.
- In a small bowl, mix together the creme fraiche, lemon juice, and dill.
- Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon of the creme fraiche mixture into each tartlet.
- Top with some caviar and garnish with a dill sprig.
flour, pastry, fraiche, lemon juice, fresh dill, salmon, dill sprigs
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/caviar-tartlets (may not work)