Thursday, 19 July 2012

Delicious low-fat Tuscan tarts!

I do enjoy cooking and experimenting with food. Whenever I go grocery shopping with the boyfriend, he grabs something which he wants to be made into a meal. One day this was pastry.

This is the delicious dish I created with said pastry. My oven however is the most temperamental oven in the world, so when I cook I don't use specific amounts of time. I literally do a visual/smell/taste test. 



Ingredients

170 g reduced-fat puff pastry, (2 x sheets)
150 g low-fat ricotta cheese
50 g reduced-fat feta cheese
2 tbs Tuscan herbs
400 g cherry tomato, grape, red and yellow
2 tbs balsamic vinegar


Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan-forced. Line the inside of muffin trays with baking paper.

  2. Cut each pastry sheet into 9 squares and wait until the pastry is soft enough to manipulate without breaking. Carefully transfer into prepared trays. Keep in refrigerator until ready to fill

  3. Combine ricotta, feta, and tuscan herbs in a bowl. Season with freshly ground black pepper. Fill ricotta mixture inside each pastry cup. Top with tomatoes.

  4. Bake for 20–25 mins or until pastry is golden. Served drizzled with vinegar.


This recipe works out to be 1 Weight Watchers ProPoints value

The herbs can be interchanged with anything you think this also might work with. I get my fresh herbs from Queen Victoria Markets which always smell and taste incredible. If you want to make a similar one fresh I suggest using parsley, chives and basil. A touch of sweet paprika is also nice. But get creative, I just go with the flow when I cook and so should you!

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