Name: Caramelised leek and brie tartlets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 25 gram butter; 2 leeks, finely sliced; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1 tablespoon light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 3 sheets puff pastry; 200 gram piece brie cheese; 24 sprigs lemon thyme

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

25 gram butter

2 leeks, finely sliced

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon light brown sugar

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

3 sheets puff pastry

200 gram piece brie cheese

24 sprigs lemon thyme

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C. Oil two 12-hole (2-tbsp/40ml) deep flat-based patty pans.

2.In a large frying pan, heat oil and butter; cook leek, stirring, about 5 minutes or until leek softens. Add garlic, sugar and vinegar; cook, stirring, about 8 minutes or until leek caramelises.

3.Cut eight squares from each pastry sheet; press one pastry square into each pan hole. Spoon leek mixture into pastry cases.

4.Cut cheese into 24 pieces. Place a piece of cheese on each tartlet.

5.Bake tartlets about 20 minutes. Serve tartlets topped with thyme.

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