Seafood Salad Tartlets Recipes

Steps:

• Beat the first 5 ingredients until blended. Place tart shells on a serving plate. Fill with cream cheese mixture; top with cocktail sauce and shrimp., Refrigerate until serving. If desired, sprinkle with parsley and serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Mix shrimp and celery. In a bowl, mix salad dressing, mayonnaise and lemon juice; pour over shrimp mixture. Stir to combine. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour., Meanwhile, bake and cool tart shells according to package directions. Just before serving, fill shells with shrimp mixture. Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F; arrange tart shells on a baking sheet.
• Into each shell, place 2 tsp of your favourite seafood; this recipe will also work with chopped ham, chopped asparagus etc, so use your imagination!
• In a small bowl, whisk together the cream, egg and mustard; I like to also add the fresh dill because I like its taste, but leave it out or substitute if you don't want dill.
• Distribute cream mixture evenly among the tarts and then bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until golden and"custard" is set.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Whisk eggs and water in shallow dish until blended.
• Add 6 crackers; press to evenly cover. Let stand 2-3 minutes or until softened.
• Press 1 soaked cracker into each of 6 mini muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray.
• Repeat to make a total of 24 crusts.
• Bake 25 minutes. Cool.
• Fill cracker cups with chilled seafood salad , or other favorite salad.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out pastry sheet on a lightly floured work surface to a large oblong measuring 30 x 40cm. Stamp out 24 rounds with a 6.5cm round cutter, then carefully place them in fairy cake or muffin tins to form tiny tarts. Prick the bases with a fork.
• Brush the pastry with the beaten egg, scatter with the parmesan and bake for 10-12 mins until golden. Scrunch the pastry trimmings together, then re-roll and stamp out 4 more rounds. Glaze and bake as before. When all the pastry cases come out of the oven, roast the cherry tomato halves on a baking tray for 8 mins. The cases will keep in a tin for up to 3 days or freeze for 3 months. The tomatoes will keep in the fridge for 24 hrs.
• To serve, fill some cases with a teaspoon of hummus, a cherry tomato and a few snipped chives. Fill others with soft cheese, a twirl of salmon, dill and black pepper and capers, if you like.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 24 miniature (1 3/4x1 inch) muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, beat Bisquick mix, milk, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and eggs with spoon until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon about 1 tablespoon mixture into each muffin cup.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of tarts from pan; remove from pan.

Steps:

• To make the pastry, tip the flour into a large bowl, add 1/ 2 tsp salt and mix through with the cayenne and mustard powder. Add the butter and use your fingertips to rub it into the flour until the mixture resembles damp sand. Mix through the cheese, then drizzle in 2-3 tbsp cold water. Squash the crumbs together until you have a smooth ball of pastry, tip onto your work surface and knead a few times to incorporate any dry crumbs. Wrap in cling film, pat into a flat disc shape and chill for at least 30 mins. Can be made up to a day before (or make and freeze for up to two months).
• While the pastry chills, put the potatoes in a pan of cold, salted water, bring to the boil and simmer for 10-12 mins or until tender - a knife should easily pierce the potatoes when they are cooked. Drain and set aside until cool enough to handle. Slice the potatoes into 0.5cm discs and set aside to cool completely.
• Remove the pastry from the fridge 10 mins before you're ready to roll it. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, with a baking sheet heating up on the middle shelf. Lightly flour the work surface and roll the pastry until it's large enough to line a deep 23cm fluted tart tin - the pastry should be about the thickness of a £1 coin. Carefully lift the pastry into the tin and press it into the corners, patching up any holes with spare scraps of pastry. Trim the excess with a pair of scissors, but leave about 1cm overhanging. Line the case with baking parchment (it'll be more pliable if you scrunch it up in your hands first) then fill with baking beans. Place on the baking in the oven and bake for 15 mins, then remove the beans and parchment and return to the oven for a further 10 mins or until biscuity. Use a small serrated knife to trim the pastry flush with the tart tin. Reduce the oven temperature to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
• Mix the eggs, yolk, cream, milk, mustard and nutmeg in a jug with some seasoning. Toss the cooked potatoes, shrimps, herbs and some seasoning in a bowl, then pack into the tart case. Pour in the egg mixture, filling with the last few drops once the tart is back in the oven, to avoid spillages. Scatter with a pinch of cayenne, then bake for 50-55 mins or until just set- give the tart a shake, it should still have a slight wobble in the centre. Leave to cool to room temperature.
• Now make the salad. Wear rubber gloves to peel the beetroot (to stop your hands straining), then slice as thinly as you can, using a mandolin if you have one. Whisk the oil, mustard and vinegar with some seasoning, and drizzle over the beets, then toss together. Serve on top of the cooled tart, or on the side in a big bowl, scattered with cress.