Strawberry Tarts

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 225 g shortcrust pastry
• 250 g strawberries
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 150 g cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to gas 6, 200c, fan 180°c thinly roll out the pastry then, using a 9cm (3 1/2in) fluted cutter, cut out 12 circles. press them into a bun tin to make pastry cases, then prick them with a fork.
• 2 scrunch up pieces of foil and press them into each case. bake for 10 minutes, then remove the foil and return to the oven for a further 3-4 minutes. leave in the tin until cool enough to transfer to a cooling rack.
• 3 chop half the strawberries and place in a food processor with the icing sugar. blend to a puree, then sieve. beat the cream cheese and vanilla, then stir in 2tbsp of the puree.
• 4 fill the cases with the strawberry mixture. slice the remaining strawberries and arrange on top.
• 5 just before serving, drizzle each of the tarts with a little of the remaining puree.