Sun-dried Tomato Tarts

Vegetarian starter
Serves six

Ingredients:

Pastry:

Filling:

Method:

Pastry:

  1. Sift flour into a mixing bowl.
  2. Rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  3. Add wine gradually, mixing well to form a firm dough.
  4. At this point, you could divide the dough in half and freeze one half for future use.
  5. Knead the dough quickly into a ball, wrap in clingwrap, refrigerate one hour.
  6. Roll out thinly on a lightly-floured surface and use to line six lightly-greased pastry rings, pressing down lightly with your fingers.
  7. Prick bases with a fork.

Filling:

  1. Place all ingredients, except tomatoes and pepper in a bowl, mix well. Spoon equal amounts of Filling into each pastry case, arrange tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with black pepper.
  2. Bake at 170 ° C, 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve immediately.