Indulge in little tarts for a brilliant first course. These mushroom and spinach tartlets are perfect for your elegant dinner parties. Can be made gluten-free.
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Preparation Time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
30 minutes
Difficulty Rating
2
Serves
12
Ingredients
- Puff Pastry Dough
- 1 cup / 360 g goat cheese, soft, preferably organic pastured
- 1 omega-3 or grass-fed egg
- 1 Tbsp. / 15 g butter or olive oil
- 1 cup / 70 g button mushrooms
- 1 cup / 80 g oyster or shiitake mushrooms
- 1 onion
- 1 cup / 30 g raw spinach
- Zest of 1 lemon, finely grated
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- Ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F / 190°C.
- On a floured surface, roll out the pastry dough, and cut 12 circles of about 2×2 in / 5×5 cm each. Press the dough circles onto mini pie baking tins or the cups of a nonstick muffin tray. Place in the refrigerator to chill until ready to use.
- In a bowl, combine the cheese with the egg. Add pepper, and whisk together to blend well. Set aside.
- Melt the butter or heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onions and lemon zest, and sauté until the onions turn translucent.
- Add the mushrooms and garlic; cover and cook until all liquid has evaporated, for about 10 minutes.
- Fold in the spinach and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper if desired. Return the cover and cook until the spinach is wilted, for about 5 minutes more. Drain any excess liquid. Combine this mushroom spinach mixture with the cheese batter mix.
- Take out your pie tart shells from the fridge refrigerator. Scoop portions of the mushroom mixture into the shells. Place the pie tins on a baking sheet over the center rack of the preheated oven. Bake for about 15 minutes. Set out on a cooling rack for 10 minutes before removing the tarts from the tins and serving.
Serving size: 1 tart
Exchanges per Serving: 1 Carb, 1 Protein, 1 Fat
Sorry…I’m new. What is SWG??? Thanks!
Hi, jbradford. “SWG” stands for “sprouted whole grain” – you can read more about it here: http://www.trimdownclub.com/what-is-swg-bread.
I am completely confused. I think I need some help. I chose the menu you have provided due to time but there’s little there I would enjoy. Also this is a heck of a lot of food to consume per day. I am currently on two meal replacement shakes a day and can’t lose an ounce! So depressing
Wow i have just made these lovely tarts, i cant eat onion so i left that out …… they are delicious i can honestly recommend them really love them.
Hi, JeanneRoss. We are gradually adding size reduction functions to all of our recipes. We definitely do not intend to ignore you, and our newer recipes (other than holiday ones) are intentionally being made to be for much smaller numbers of servings.
As a rule of thumb, anything without cottage cheese, melted cheese, egg, or soy milk or tofu will freeze well.
no size reduction. I think your ignoring those of us that are single or alone. Lot of work to have to figure some of these are 12 (and when YOU do it is only in half) How do we know if this is freezable or not so it could be made ahead? Seems like a lot of your rec ARE large portions. 🙁
Hi, dlburton. Health-oriented stores such as Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe’s, and Sprouts carry the ingredients, and some can also be found at discount stores such as CostCo, Target, and WalMart, as well as online at Amazon.com. Please see our shopping guide here: http://www.trimdownclub.com/shopping-links-for-healthy-foods.
Hi, SusanCA. Any cheese will do.
How can I find out how many calories in all Trindown recipes
Hi, loudonna. We don’t work with calories in this program, but rather with meeting your nutritional needs through major food groups. At the end of each recipe you’ll see the exchanges per serving, which you can compare to the exchanges allotted to you at each meal and day (to view this, click on “Exchange mode” in the toolbar above any of your menus). The general nutritional values of the exchanges are as follows:
1 carb exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 3 grams of protein
1 protein exchange = 7 grams of protein + up to 5 grams of fat
1 fat exchange = 5 grams of fat
1 fruit exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates
1 vegetable exchange = 5 grams of carbohydrates + up to 2 grams of protein
1 sweet exchange = up to 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 5 grams of fat
1 free exchange = up to 5 grams of carbohydrates or up to 2 grams of protein or fat
how can i get this to my phone
Note to self: Do not look at such delicious recipes just before midday when you are hungry.. 😉
what would be a good replacement for the goat cheese?
I made these but relaced the pastry with a slice of wholegrain bread lightly buttered. Put the bread into individual dishes & bake at 180″ C for 10-15 mins till crusty. Add mixture & return to oven for a further 15 mins. Delicious
I am having trouble buying Quoina Flour and Tostada shells that are SWG. Where can you buy these ingredients?
although it is a delicous recipe why do you always give recipes for 8 portions and not for the indivual
This is the most awesome yummy feast! Well done TDC
I live in northern England and a lot of the ingredients aren’t available even in the health food store!
Why do the recipes include ingredients that are not currently sold? ( see comment before) This makes it very hard to make these recipes just as you have them for the best weight loss and health benefits.
Sounds Great but where will I get quinoa puff pastry dough? Any substitute?
Hi, JohnWade and VegFarmer. See the second paragraph for when to add the lemon zest, and the third paragraph for when to add the garlic and lemon juice.
Quinoa puff pastry is something that is made from scratch. The recipe is here http://www.trimdownclub.com/recipe/puff-pastry-dough/.
Where do I get quinoa puff pastry??
I have made this several times and we absolutley luv it! Too bad I do not know when to add the lemon!!!
When do you add the garlic and the lemon juice and zest please.
This recipe is wonderful, like most of them. Question when were you suppose to add the lemon juice and zest?
Just before adding the mushrooms to the pan, use the garlic to flavor the butter.
So when do I add the garlic????
I have not been able to get quinoa flour so I used shop bought puff pastry. I had no tart tins so I just placed the sheet of pastry on a baking sheet and spread the mixture over it like a pizza. It is absolutely delicious!
Quinoa pastry dough is not currently sold as is; the recipe is here http://www.trimdownclub.com/recipe/puff-pastry-dough/.
I’m guessing Trader Joe’s or another Health Food Store. I’ve never seen it before.
where do you get quinoa dough please.