Apple Goat Cheese Tarts
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Yields: 8
Ingredients
  • ½ package of frozen puff pastry (1 sheet), thawed
  • 2 tsp honey
  • ½ cup (4 ounces) goat's cheese, room temperature
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1-1/2 small Gala apples
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
  2. Roll out your sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface. Use a cookie cutter or drinking glass to cut out rounds of dough. Cut as many rounds as you can, then knead together the excess bits and re-roll the dough into a flat sheet about ¼ inch thick. Repeat until all your dough is gone. Place rounds on the prepared baking sheet. (The original recipe used 4-inch cookie cutters. I used plastic drinking glasses that were around 3-inches in diameter.)
  3. Using the blunt end of a 3-inch cutter or smaller drinking glass, firmly press into the center of each round of dough, going just deep enough to form a border. Stick baking sheet into the freezer to firm up while you make your cheese filling and slice your apples.
  4. In a small bowl, stir together the goat's cheese, vinegar, and honey. Mix well.
  5. Peel, halve and core the apples, then cut into ⅛-inch slices.
  6. Remove the chilled pastry rounds from the freezer. Divide cheese filling equally between the 8 rounds and use a spatula or butter knife to spread the mixture evenly within the demarcated border.
  7. Top the cheese filling with a stack of apple slices.
  8. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until the apples are soft and the pastry is golden and puffed. (To give the apples a sweet and glossy finish, microwave 1 tbsp apricot jam with 1 tbsp water, mix well, and brush gently on top of each tart.)
  9. Serve either warm or at room temperature. Enjoy!
Recipe by Just Putzing Around the Kitchen at https://www.justputzing.com/2012/03/apple-goat-cheese-tarts.html