It is that time of the year, when love is in the air, strawberries and chocolates are highly sort after. I had plans on posting something totally different for the weeked, but then I remembered the big box of strawberries I picked up at Costco and that led me to think to look for a
Valentine's day worthy recipe.
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I got lucky in the second book I was browsing and found this really quick and easy to make Strawberry Tartlets. This recipe is from
Costco Connection cookbook. Very few ingredients are needed for this recipe and luckily I had them all on hand. It took about 30 minutes to make the tartlets and they were all gone in less than 10 minutes.
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Filo shells are filled with creamy ricotta & yogurt mixture. The original recipe used an egg white for binding, but I used a teaspoon of egg replacer powder and it worked just fine. Also there was no sugar in the original recipe, but I added just a little bit to the filling and the berries to sweeten them up.
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All in all these tartlets are very very easy to put together and they tasted crispy, creamy & delicious. Both my 2 year and I ate the whole plate up in 1 sitting :-)
Here's wishing all of you a very Happy Valentine's Day. Hope you enjoy a quality time with your loved ones.
Ingredients:
Makes 15 mini tarts
Mini Filo Shells - 15 (1 package)
Strawberries - 1½cups, finely chopped
Ricotta Cheese - ½cup
Creamy Yogurt - 2tbsp
Egg white - 1 (I used 1tsp egg replacer powder and it worked perfectly)
Vanilla extract - 2tsp, divided
Sugar - 2tbsp, divided (optional)
Premium bittersweet chocolate - as needed, shaved or finely chopped
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Thaw the filo shells as per package instructions.
- In a small bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, yogurt and 1tsp vanilla extract. Blend in egg white (or the egg replacer powder) and 1tbsp sugar (if using).
- Spoon about 2tsp of filling into each filo tart shell. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10~12 minutes or until the filling is just set.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- In the mean time, combine the chopped strawberries with the remaining vanilla extract and sugar (if using) and set aside.
- Once the shells are cooled, place about 1tbsp of the strawberry filling in each tart and top with the shaved chocolate.
- Serve immediately!!
Linking this to Valli's '
Cooking from Cookbook Challenge: February -- Week 2'.