Tartlets with cheese and mushrooms

About the dish

The text is composed of pastry, mushroom cooking and cheese stew, showing how mushrooms and cheese could become a small savoury course in pastry.

How to make it

1. 1

   Make the pastry

   Chop flour and butter together on the baking board until it looks like small grains. Quickly stir in cream or water with a spoon to a smooth dough. Wrap in a baking cloth and rest in the cold for half an hour.

2. 2

   Bake the tartlets

   Roll the dough out thin and line small greased moulds. Bake in a hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) until pale golden.

3. 3

   Cook the mushrooms

   Put the cleaned mushrooms over the heat with cold water and salt. Simmer for 2–3 hours and strain.

4. 4

   Fill

   Mix grated cheese, butter and cream for the cheese stew and add the mushrooms. Spoon into the tartlets and stick in a button mushroom or coarse celery strips.