Mushroom Tarts

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter, diced
• 1 cup cream cheese, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, chopped
• 8 ounces wild mushrooms, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 pastry: place flour& salt in food processor and scatter butter& cheese over top; pulse together with on-off motion.
• 2 remove from processor, form into a ball& chill for 30 minutes.
• 3 pinch 1 inch balls from the pastry& pat (not rolled as this pastry is very rich) into small tart or muffin tins- or foil tart tins.
• 4 chill until needed.
• 5 preheat oven to 400f.
• 6 heat butter in skillet; add mushrooms& saute for 5 minutes or until juices disappear.
• 7 add garlic& cream& bring to a boil; add lemon juice, green onion, parsley& seasonings.
• 8 spoon into pastry cases.
• 9 bake for 15- 20 minutes or until pastry is edged with gold& mushroom filling is hot.
• 10 turn out of tins& cool for 10 minutes.
• 11 these may be frozen on cookie sheets, placed in freezer containers& reheated from frozen state at 350f for 15 minutes or until filling is hot.