Cheese & Salami Tartlets

Well, my husband's boss was so kind to give us a whole stick of salami - about 1kg! And I do love my cheese & salami pie!! So I tried to make my own...

Ingredients

1 roll puff pastry
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup chopped salami (remember to take off the rind)
1t mixed herbs
pinch red pepper/cayenne pepper
1/4t paprika
3 eggs, seperated
1 onion, finely chopped
2tbs milk

Method
Spray small muffin pans with non-stick spray. Finely chop the cheese, onion and egg yellow together - I used my stickblender. Add the milk if the mixture is too stiff. Whip the eggwhites to stiff peaks and fold into the egg yellow mixture, with the herbs, pepper, paprika and if you want, salt and black pepper to taste. Fold in the salami.

Roll out the puff pastry, not too thin, about 2mm.

 Press out the rounds for your muffin pan, and gently press in into the pan. Remember: when choosing something to press out, measure it over the pan's cups: It should be bigger to fill up the sides, too. The deeper the cup, the bigger it must be. 

Scoop the mixture into the pan. It does rise a little, but you can fill it to the top. 

Bake in the oven at 180degrees C for about 15-20 minutes, depending on the size of your muffin pan!! And enjoy as a light teatime snack or late night bite in front of a movie...

 This tasty bite is light, cheap and so easy to make. You can substitute the salami with biltong, ham or viennas. And of course it passed the kiddie test!! Perfect for school or lunch, it tastes just as great cold.

Happy baking!!

Yours in oil and veggies

Risch