What to cook so tasty and unusual? This question is always faced by conscientious housewives. When all the recipes have already been tried and all the options for various salads have been tasted, baskets with filling come to the rescue, the recipes of which we will discuss in this article.

A little about the very basis

Probably, almost every housewife knows what filled baskets are. Photos of delicious tartlets with a variety of fillings conquer the hearts of many gastronomes, prompting them to invent more and more delicacies.

What is the basis for the baskets themselves? It is very important to find out this, since the taste of the dish and the use of the filler depend on the type of dough.

There are many recipes for filled baskets that can be made from puff pastry, shortcrust pastry, yeast dough. Of course, ready-made tartlets can be purchased at almost any store. But this is not always the best option when it comes to the benefits and taste of the dish.

Below we provide a variety of recipes for filled baskets (with photos, step-by-step instructions and helpful tips).

Tender shortbread dough

Most often, tartlets are baked from it.

To make such a dough, you need a little:

• flour in the amount of 320 g;
• margarine - two hundred grams;
• yolk - two pieces;
• water - four tablespoons;
• salt - one or two pinches (to taste).

The process of making baskets will not take you much time:

1. Add chopped margarine to the sifted flour and mix everything, rubbing thoroughly with your hands, until fine crumbs are formed.
2. After that, water and salt are added to the dough, everything is kneaded again and rolled into a large ball, which must be sent to the refrigerator for one or two hours.
3. Then the dough should be divided into small pieces and put into special molds.
4. Baking time - from 20 to 25 minutes, with an oven heated to two hundred degrees. It is very important not to overexpose here so that the thin dough does not burn.

Sour cream base

For the following recipe for delicious tartlets, you will need to purchase the following products:

• 480 grams of flour;
• three hundred grams of margarine;
• three hundred grams of sour cream.

The cooking method will also not complicate any housewife:

1. Chop the margarine with a knife.
2. Combine it with flour and grind until crumbs form.
3. Add sour cream little by little, kneading the dough.
4. Let the dough steep in the refrigerator (this will take about an hour).
5. Bake at a temperature not exceeding 180 ° С, no more than half an hour.

Such hearty tartlets will become a worthy decoration of any festive table, as well as diversify your everyday menu.

Delicious cheese base

With it, really unusual and satisfying baskets are obtained. To prepare them, you need to take the following ingredients:

• hard cheese of any kind and brand - a quarter of a kilogram;
• flour (you can even starch) - one tablespoon.

1. Rub the cheese on a coarse grater, add flour or starch and mix.
2. Then put a small amount of this mixture in a cold frying pan or baking sheet. Gradually, as it warms up, the cheese will melt and become elastic. Be careful not to burn it.
3. As soon as the cheese is melted, it must be removed with a culinary spatula and placed on an upside-down glass or small glass, on the outside of the container.
4. Then, after wetting your hands in cold water, you need to press the cheese to the bottom and walls of the bowl, then fix it with a thread or rubber band and leave it in this form until it cools completely.

So, we got acquainted with the three most common recipes for making tartlets. Now let's move on to the most delicious and entertaining question - the creation of the filling.

Fillings for shortcrust pastry baskets

An appetizer in the form of a shortcrust pastry tart will definitely appeal to any gourmet, especially since the variety of fillings is simply amazing. Most often, these tartlets are served with sweet fillings, but we will discuss this option a little later. And in this section we will talk about salty fillings for sand baskets (with photos and tips for their preparation).

For example, you can take the following set of products:

• one hundred grams of hard cheese;
• one medium-sized tomato;
• one hundred grams of fried champignons (or any other mushrooms);
• one hundred grams of boiled pork or beef tongue;
• fifty grams of anchovies;
• mayonnaise to taste.

In order to make a delicious filling for sand baskets from these ingredients, you need to finely chop all the products mentioned above (grate cheese on a coarse grater), season with mayonnaise and arrange in a quantity convenient for you on cooled tartlets. You can decorate with parsley leaves.

As you can see, the recipe for sandwich baskets with filling is surprisingly elementary and simple.

Another option for filling such tartlets would be to use all kinds of salads.

Convenient filling

If you do not know how to fill the tartlets, then we bring to your attention the easiest and most convenient way to fill them - the well-known salads.

For example, crab salad. To prepare it, you will not need to use rice, but you must definitely take the following ingredients:

• twenty grams of crab sticks;
• fifty grams of cheese;
• fifty grams of olives, preferably pitted;
• fifty grams of pineapple (canned);
• lettuce leaves;
• for dressing mayonnaise (taken to taste).

To prepare this simple filling, all the products mentioned above should be finely chopped (best into equal pieces), mixed and seasoned with mayonnaise. Before transferring the salad to the tartlets, a small leaf of green salad should be placed on the bottom of each mold.

Olivier is another salad that can be used as a filling for a basket. True, this time you do not need to take potatoes and carrots to prepare it. You only need:

• boiled chicken fillet or sausage - 50 g;
• fried champignons - three hundred grams;
• boiled egg - three pieces;
• onion - one piece;
• mayonnaise.

Fry onions with mushrooms. At this time, cut the meat (or sausage) and the egg into small pieces and mix them with mayonnaise. We spread the egg-meat mixture in tartlets, decorate with fried mushroom and herbs.

To prepare another salad as a filling, you need to take the following set of products:

• a can of canned cod liver;
• eggs - four pieces;
• one hundred grams of cheese;
• green onions;
• mayonnaise.

Let's start with the eggs. They should be boiled, after which the protein is separated from the yolk. Finely chop the protein, and knead the yolk with a fork. We also grind the liver, then mix with and protein. We fill everything with mayonnaise.

Put the finished filling on the tartlets. Decorate the top with yolk and chopped herbs.

Many experienced housewives add other ingredients to this recipe. For example, one hundred grams of boiled carrots and pickled or pickled cucumbers. This makes the filling look brighter and more exotic in taste.

Fillings for cheese tartlets

Below will be presented recipes with photos and step-by-step descriptions.

Use these ingredients to fill the cheese tartlets:

• 5 tablespoons of rice;
• 5 tablespoons canned corn
• eight pieces of crab sticks;
• one fresh cucumber;
• mayonnaise and salt to taste.

First of all, boil the rice until cooked and refrigerate. Then cut the crab sticks and cucumber into small cubes, and drain the liquid from the canned corn. After that, mix all the ingredients, season with mayonnaise and lay out in molds.

For the following recipe for filling cheese tartlets, you will need to take:

• 250 g boiled shrimp;
• one or two tomatoes;
• one or two cloves of garlic;
• mayonnaise, herbs, salt to taste.

The most important ingredient, of course, is shrimp. They must be boiled in salted water with the addition of bay leaves, spices and lemon juice. Boil shrimp for no more than ten minutes, until they float to the surface of the water.

The next step is to peel the tomato (optional) and mince the garlic. Then shrimp and tomatoes must be finely chopped.

After mixing all the ingredients and seasoning them with mayonnaise, we put our delicious filling in cheese baskets.

How else to fill such tartlets? You can prepare the following ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 200 grams;
• any mushrooms - two hundred grams;
• carrots - 100 g;
• onions - 50 grams;
• mayonnaise - for dressing;
• greens and tomatoes - to decorate the dish.

Now we make the filling:

1. Fillet should be boiled in salted water, mushrooms should be boiled too. If you take porcini mushrooms or champignons, then they do not need to be boiled.
2. Rub the carrots on a medium grater, finely chop the onion, mushrooms and chicken.
3. Fry the pieces of meat in vegetable oil, then add onions, carrots and mushrooms to the pan every three minutes. Do not forget to stir regularly.
4. Next, add mayonnaise to the hot mass, mix again and simmer under the lid for one or two minutes.
5. As soon as the filling has cooled down, fill the tartlets with it and serve.

Smoked meat will be a very unusual filling for cheese baskets. For this we need:

• 400 g smoked meat;
• 5-6 pieces of tomatoes;
• five cloves of garlic;
• to taste: mayonnaise, salt, pepper, herbs.

Finely chop the smoked meat and tomatoes, chop the garlic through a press. Add spices and season with mayonnaise. Decorate the finished baskets with chopped herbs.

As you can see, cheese tartlets are delicious stuffed with seafood or meat.

Filling for waffle baskets

You can buy wafer tartlets almost everywhere. How to fill them? Below are some quick recipes that will help you please your guests with a minimal investment of time and effort.

Let's start with the following products:

• 200 grams of boiled sausage and Korean carrots;
• one hundred grams of cheese;
• and, of course, mayonnaise for dressing.

The above amount of ingredients is based on 10 servings.

So, cut the sausage and cheese into small cubes, then mix with carrots, season everything with mayonnaise and put it in molds. After that, it is advisable to immediately serve the tartlets on the table so that they do not get wet or break.

For vegetarians or those who are on a diet, but want to pamper themselves with delicious, the following recipe is suitable:

• 350 grams of beets;
• 75 grams of walnuts;
• three cloves of garlic;
• sesame seeds, herbs - for decoration;
• salt, mayonnaise.

First, boil the beets and rub them on a medium or fine grater. Chop nuts and garlic, combine with beets and season with mayonnaise. Then we shift everything into tartlets and decorate with sesame seeds or chopped herbs.

Hearty and delicious desserts

Of course, it is impossible not to mention the sweet filling for baskets, which is suitable as a delicacy both for a festive table and for an everyday menu.

Making tartlets as a dessert involves the use of various berries, fruits and creams. We will talk about this in more detail later.

Curd as the main filling

Many people consider the most delicious desserts made from sand baskets. The filling for such tartlets should be soft and light. For example, you can take the following list of products:

• cottage cheese in the amount of 150 grams;
• half a glass of sour cream;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar (preferably powdered sugar);
• a teaspoon of starch.

Mix all the ingredients, beat with a mixer and put in tartlets. You can pour caramel or icing on top of them, and put a small sour berry inside.

Cherry filling

This delicacy will satisfy any gourmet. For example, you can add the following filling to your sand tartlets:

• fresh or pitted (400 grams);
• cream (125 ml);
• milk (125 ml);
• butter (50 grams);
• eggs (one piece);
• sugar (two teaspoons);
• starch (20 grams).

So, mix all the ingredients (except berries), put on low heat and cook until tender, stirring constantly.

Put a few cherries in each tartlet, then fill them with custard and put them in the oven for baking. The optimal cooking time is twenty minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees.

Appetizing apple

A good idea for baking tartlets is to use covered baskets. To do this, it is necessary to prepare small circles in the form of lids from the base. How to fill the tartlets?

Here's one of the options:

• one and a half glasses of applesauce;
• 2 tablespoons almonds or peanuts (roasted)
• icing sugar for decoration.

So, we mix the ingredients, put them in molds and cover with round “lids”. Then we put the baskets in the oven and bake for no more than half an hour at a temperature of 190-200 degrees.

Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

Don't forget about improvisation

As you can see, there is a huge variety of recipes for fillings for baskets. It is impossible to mention all of them, but you can understand the main thing: improvisation is important in preparing filling for tartlets.

So don't be afraid to experiment. Anything at hand will do here. If you want the dish to be served as a snack, then sausages, mushrooms, pieces of meat, seafood, cheese, vegetables and much more are suitable for its filling. Do not forget to season everything with mayonnaise or any other suitable sauce, and garnish with chopped herbs.

If you prepare tartlets as a dessert, then you can diversify it with cottage cheese and custard, as well as an abundance of fruit and berry fillings. Many housewives fill such fillings with self-made jelly, which looks original and tempting. You can decorate such dishes with icing, caramel, grated chocolate.

Portion snacks are relevant for a home feast and an off-site buffet table - they look spectacular and are very convenient for guests.

The ideal filling for tartlets should be tender, but not very juicy, so that the basket dough retains its shape and taste. For stuffing, you can use salads, pates, pastas, some cold and hot snacks. Even the simplest recipe, when served this way, turns into a luxurious restaurant dish worthy of a dinner party, New Year's table and a romantic evening.

What to consider when choosing a filling recipe

First of all, keep in mind that tartlets come in different sizes. The smallest are focused on serving caviar and gourmet cheeses. The larger ones are intended for cold appetizers, pates and salads. In the largest ones, it is customary to bake and serve hot appetizers, for example, julienne.

Also note that different types of dough are used for the baskets. Shortbread, unleavened, waffle, cheese and puff. Puff is more tender, but it quickly soaks and loses its shape, therefore it is recommended for dry fillings.

Tartlets, especially those made from waffle and thin puff pastry, should be eaten immediately. The filling is still allowed to be prepared in advance, but it should be laid out in baskets immediately before serving. Lettuce leaves can be used as a preventive "pad" if they are combined to taste with other products and fit into the recipe.

Best salads for snack tartlets

The most popular tartlet fillings are salads. But here it is worth highlighting several groups - in terms of cost, cooking speed, quantity of products, and appearance.

Delicacy recipes for a festive table

Holiday salads in tartlets are not only beautiful and convenient, but also economical - the consumption of food is small, but the table looks rich and abundant.

From red fish... Cut 200 g of lightly salted red fish into long slices, chop four boiled eggs with bright yolks and 100 g of canned pineapples. Mix with quality mayonnaise, add 30 g of red caviar and stir gently again. Divide into portioned baskets. Sprinkle with good grated cheese and garnish with red caviar. You can use olives and olives for variety.

Beef... Boil the meat, preferably beef, and divide it into fibers. Roast the walnuts and chop them. Crush a clove of garlic. Season with good mayonnaise.

Meat platter... Boil a small beef or veal tongue (you need 300 g), 300 g of beef pulp, 250 g of chicken fillet. Cool everything and cut beautifully into strips. Also cut 200 g of Tambov ham, one pickled cucumber and one fresh cucumber, two medium-sized firm pears. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon and mix it with finely grated zest and chopped leaves of a bunch of fresh tarragon. Add mayonnaise for a delicious sauce. Season the cold cuts, leave for two hours and serve in portioned tartlets.

Chicken with tongue... Cook 500 g of chicken fillet and beef tongue, finely chop. Grate 150 g of good cheese, mix everything, season with mayonnaise. Garnish with olives and grapes.

Shrimp with cheese... Boil the shrimps and peel them. Grind half of the shrimp in a blender along with pieces of cheese (take products in equal proportions) and garlic to taste, dilute with mayonnaise. Place the filling in the tartlets, garnish with whole shrimp and herbs.

Shrimps with Dor Blue... Melt 250 g pieces of blue cheese in a skillet, stirring constantly to avoid burning. Add 20 ml lemon juice, chopped chive and 500 g peeled boiled shrimp. Simmer and pour in some dry white wine. Warm up, let cool and fill the snack baskets.

If you want to surprise your guests, make salad tartlets instead of dough tartlets.

Budget salads for buffet baskets

There are not always means for delicacies, but every housewife wants to set the festive table effectively and elegantly. If you use affordable toppings for tartlets from inexpensive products, you will end up with an elegant appetizer anyway.

• Take 100 g each of green peas, tomatoes and canned sardines (in oil or in natural sauce), one egg, 80 g of mayonnaise and 20 g of mustard. Mix fish with chopped egg, peas, add mayonnaise, mustard and spices. Garnish with tomato slices or something else if fresh vegetables are not available.
• Grind dill greens in a blender or with a knife, add it to soft curd cheese or cottage cheese, grind, salt, use your favorite spices and a wig for color. This filling is suitable for small caviar tartlets, including puff ones. It can be squeezed out through the large confectionery syringe nozzle.

• Mash a jar of cod liver oil (drain the oil beforehand), grate two hard-boiled eggs and finely chop two small pickled cucumbers. Combine everything, add green or onions, previously pickled in vinegar, diluted in equal proportions with water. Mix everything and season with mayonnaise.
• Grate 100 g of hard cheese (even inexpensive melted cheese is suitable, but not soft), two boiled eggs, a small raw carrot. Mix everything into a single mass with mayonnaise and add a couple of cloves of crushed garlic. Garnish with grated yolk.

• Fiber or dice cold smoked pink salmon or mackerel, finely chop fresh cucumber. Prepare a sauce of sour cream and mayonnaise (tablespoon each) and a teaspoon of mustard. Season the mixture and spread the filling over the tartlets.
• Boil 300 g of chicken liver, cool and grate on a coarse grater. Fry 300 g of champignons, 150 g of onions and 150 g of grated carrots. From the cooled food, prepare a hearty filling for liver tartlets with mayonnaise and ground pepper. Decorate the baskets with herbs and green peas. You can sprinkle with grated cheese or yolk.

Feel free to experiment, you can use almost any salad, including the crown salad, the popular herring under a fur coat, and a quick salad of crab sticks, eggs and corn.

Cold snacks in baskets as an alternative to sandwiches

Simple and tasty toppings for tartlets can be found in recipes for holiday sandwiches. This option will surprise guests and decorate even a table with a minimal assortment of dishes.

• Put a piece of butter on the bottom of a small tartlet, on top - a beautifully wrapped salmon cut, decorate the junction with soft cheese squeezed out of a syringe and herbs.
• Fill a basket with soft mascarpone cheese and make a hat of red caviar, garnish with twig curly parsley. If there is no maskopone, grate hard cheese and mix with sour cream (for 100 g of cheese, two tablespoons of thick fat sour cream).
• Grate boiled beets, add garlic and some mayonnaise. Fill 2/3 of the baskets with a bright mass, put rolls of a thin strip of salted herring on top, garnish with olive and herbs.
• Grate processed cheese, mix it with grated garlic and mayonnaise. Fill half of the tartlet with the mass, then - grated egg with mayonnaise, and on top - beautiful sprat. Decorate with herbs.

Pates and pastes in the original serving

Pates are an ideal and simple filling for tartlets, you can take almost any recipe - pate masses from liver, fish, meat, chicken, vegetables are suitable.

Chicken liver... Fry (or boil if not fried) 500 g of chicken liver, two onions and two grated carrots. Grind everything in a meat grinder or blender. Add 50 g of softened butter to the mass, and if the liver was boiled - 100 g of butter. Stir the pate well, add the basil, black and red peppers. Divide into portions.

Meat with liver... Boil 300 g of pork pulp and 300 g of pork liver each. Boil 100 g of rice in salted water. Fry the onion in butter with the addition of vegetable oil. Grind meat with vegetables and rice in a blender. Add spices, use as a filler for snack tartlets.

Chicken with mushrooms... Boil chicken breast, fry 200 g of mushrooms with onions, grate 100 g of hard cheese. Grind the chicken and mushrooms in a blender, add mayonnaise and grated cheese. Spread the hearty filling over the tartlets, sprinkle the top with chopped, pre-fried walnuts. Lay out a quarter of the walnut on top.

Portion hot snacks in tartlets

The most popular hot filling for ready-made tartlets is julienne. It can be purely mushroom, with the addition of chicken, meat, fish or mussels. About that, we have already talked about, you can take any of those recipes as a basis.

Julien... Cut one chicken breast into strips and fry, add two chopped onions and 500 g of mushrooms - fry everything well so that the water evaporates. Pour in 200 g sour cream and simmer the mass for 10 minutes over low heat. Let the filling cool. Before serving, preheat the oven, spread over tartlets (12 pieces are needed for this portion), sprinkle with cheese and bake until golden brown. Serve immediately, garnished with herbs.

Hot potato and bacon filling- satisfying and original. Saute three potatoes and one onion thinly. Cut 200 g bacon into strips and arrange them crosswise in each basket. Layer the potato and onion filling, add the spices, top with a circle of onion and a slice of cheese, and cover with strips of bacon, again criss-cross. Place in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.

Hot omelet filling for tartlets- the idea of ​​a simple breakfast with a romantic twist. Grate the cheese and fill a third of the basket with it. Beat the egg with milk (for one egg - 25 ml of milk), as for an omelet, add chopped (dried) green onions, ground pepper, other spices or mushroom broth can be used. Pour gently into the dough molds and place in the hot oven. Bake until browned.

Look very original miniature pizzas- at the bottom of the basket, lay at least three types of sausage or meat slices in layers, cover with a small tomato circle, top with grated cheese and send to the oven for baking. Garnish with olive when serving.

Tomato... Place the dense tomato pieces and basil leaves in a basket, pepper and sprinkle generously with grated processed cheese. Bake until golden brown before serving.

We hope these simple recipes for delicious tartlet toppings will help set the table and nudge you towards new culinary feats. Try, experiment and live with taste!

Filled tartlets are a versatile snack that can diversify the table at any party or celebration. They look delicious and festive. The first tartlets appeared in ancient Rome, but then they were called an open pie and stuffed mainly with sweet filling. Currently, tartlets are stuffed with different fillings, at the request of the culinary specialist.

How to stuff small tartlets?

With red caviar and shrimps

Compound:

• Tartlets - 10 pcs.
• Eggs - 5 pcs.
• King prawns - 20 pcs.
• Red caviar - 7 tbsp l.
• 35% whipped cream;
• Greenery

Preparation:

1. Boil the shrimp in salted water and peel them off. Boil hard-boiled eggs, peel and cut into halves.
2. Fill the baskets with whipped cream, top with half an egg, two shrimp each and red caviar. Garnish the appetizer with chopped herbs.

Caviar tartlets

• Compound:
• Tartlets - 10 pcs.
• Cheese - 100 g
• Greenery
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Red game - 7 tbsp. l.
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Mayonnaise

Preparation:

1. To prepare snacks, you can take store tartlets, or you can cook them at home.
2. Chop the herbs finely. Peel the garlic and run it through a press. Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Combine mayonnaise, herbs, salt, garlic and cheese in a bowl. Fill the baskets with the cooked mass, put the caviar on top.

Filling with black caviar

Compound:

• Tartlets - 15 pcs.
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Butter - 150 g
• Red caviar - 5 tbsp l.
• Black caviar - 5 tbsp l.
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp l
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Greenery

Preparation:

1. Boil the eggs, peel them and separate the white from the yolk. Grate the protein on a medium grater. You will not need the yolk.
2. Grate butter on a medium grater, mix it with grated protein, add spices and lemon juice.
3. Fill the baskets with the creamy mass, but do not tamp. Top with black and red caviar. Garnish with herbs and serve.

Chicken filling

Compound:

• Chicken breast - 1 pc.
• Tartlets - 15 pcs.
• Champignons - 700 g
• Sour cream - 300 g
• Hard cheese - 150 g
• Onions - 2 pcs.
• Greenery
• Vegetable oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Cut the meat into thin slices and fry in vegetable oil. Peel the onion and chop finely. Add to chicken. Fry the onions until golden brown. Cut the mushrooms, fry in a pan until the water evaporates. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Add sour cream to the pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. Cool the filling and fill the tartlets with it. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle on top. Place the appetizer in the microwave or oven, bake until the cheese melts. Garnish the stuffed tartlets with herbs and serve.

Filling with corn and trout

Compound:

• Flour - 0.5 kg
• Sour cream - 200 g
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Butter - 70 g
• Sugar, salt and pepper to taste
• Trout - 200 g
• Shrimps - 200 g
• Canned corn - 150 g
• Tomato - 2 pcs.
• Orange - 1 pc.
• Greenery
• Vegetable oil

Preparation:

1. Sift flour, make a depression in it and put eggs, butter, sugar, salt and sour cream in it. Knead the dough and put it in a warm place for 20 minutes. Roll out the dough, cut out circles using a glass. Place the dough mugs in special tins and round. Pierce the dough in several places with a fork. Place the molds with the dough in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the tomatoes into cubes, the orange into thin slices without peeling. Cut the trout into cubes, fry the corn in a pan. Boil the shrimp in salted water and peel them off. Combine tomatoes, trout, and corn. Fill ready-made baskets with the prepared filling, put shrimp on top and garnish with orange slices. Decorate the finished appetizer with herbs.

Compound:

• Butter - ½ tbsp.
• Cream cheese - 5 tbsp l.
• Flour - 1 tbsp.
• Parmesan cheese - 200 g
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Young spinach leaves - 250 g
• Red bell pepper - 2 pcs.
• Sour cream - ½ tbsp.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Combine butter and cream cheese in a mixer. Finely grate the Parmesan. Add flour and grated cheese gradually. Beat the dough until smooth and refrigerate.
2. Peel the onions and garlic. Chop the onion finely, pass the garlic through a press. Fry the vegetables in butter until the onions are golden brown. Add spinach and cook until tender. Fry the red pepper cubes in a separate skillet. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a bowl and stir well. Add sour cream, egg, salt, pepper and some grated cheese.
3. Divide the chilled dough into 20 pieces and roll into balls. Place the balls in the molds to shape into a basket. Fill each basket with the vegetable filling. Place the tartlets in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve ready-made baskets cold and garnish with chopped herbs.

Filling with white cherry and chocolate

Compound:

• Waffle tartlets - 15 pcs.
• Eggs - 2 pcs.
• Sugar - 50 g
• White chocolate - 300 g
• Cream - 250 ml
• Pitted cherries - 500 g

Preparation:

1. Beat eggs with sugar. Heat the cream and white chocolate in a water bath until the chocolate melts. Pour the creamy chocolate mixture into the beaten eggs, stirring constantly.
2. Place the cherries in waffle baskets and cover with the chocolate mixture. Put the snack in the refrigerator and wait for the chocolate mass to solidify.
3. These tartlets are served with tea.

Cream filling

Compound:

• Waffle tartlets - 10 pcs.
• Egg yolk - 4 pcs.
• Milk - 200 ml
• Vanilla - 10 g
• Granulated sugar - 3 tbsp. l.
• Cornstarch - 2 tsp
• Butter - 2 tablespoons l.
• Strawberries - 10 pcs.

Preparation:

1. In a deep bowl, combine the yolks, milk, starch, sugar and vanilla. Put the mass on fire, stir constantly and bring until thickened.
2. Cool the finished cream and whisk in a mixer with butter. Fill waffle baskets with cream and garnish with strawberries.

Peach filling

Compound:

• Waffle tartlets - 10 pcs.
• Granulated sugar - 2/3 tbsp.
• Cornstarch - 2 tbsp l.
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Canned Peaches - 1 can
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Whipped cream.

Preparation:

1. In a large saucepan, combine the starch, sugar and salt. Add water and stir. Place the saucepan over low heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Remove the saucepan from the stove, add lemon juice and peach slices.
2. Fill waffle baskets with the prepared filling and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve the dessert chilled, garnish with whipped cream.

How to make tartlets, which dough is better to choose for the baskets, what to take for the filling - such questions arise as soon as the decision is made to prepare the tartlets. First of all, you need to figure out what products are by type of dough, filling options, and cooking method.

In addition to store baskets, you can prepare yourself for fillings. And different types of dough will provide you with a variety of snacks.

Homemade baskets can be made of sand, yeast, puff, waffle. Moreover, the dough itself can be both salty and sweet.

It is not necessary to say how to stuff the tartlets, because the range is off scale. Anything in the fridge, whatever comes to mind - everything will be fine for filling the molds. The filling can be meat, fish, vegetable, cheese, sweet, fruit, mixed.

The original interpretation of a sandwich in the form of a tartlet allows you to use absolutely any options for fillings, even the most unusual ones.

Tartlet dough and its secrets

A delicious filling basket will only enhance the taste of the dish, highlighting the advantages of a particular product.

The easiest option is to buy store blanks. and then stuff them.

But a home-made basket will be much tastier. You can cook tartlets on your own from different types of dough: shortbread, puff, yeast with kefir or milk.

Classic shortcrust pastry tartlets

Basic recipe for basket dough, in which you can put sweet filling, your favorite salads or make festive caviar tartlets.

Required Ingredients:

• flour - 160 gr;
• margarine - 100 gr;
• yolk - 1 pc.;
• water - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• salt - a pinch.

How to do:

Sift flour, add chopped margarine to it. Use your hands to grind the components to a crumb state. Add water and salt to them. Knead the dough thoroughly and then roll it into a ball. Let the dough sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

You can fill the molds with dough in 2 ways:

1. Divide the dough into 10-12 equal pieces. Roll balls from each piece, which are kneaded with your hands along the bottom and sides of the mold.
2. Roll out the whole dough into a layer 3 mm thick. Put all the molds together and cover them with dough. Press down on the layer with a rolling pin, and then remove the excess.

Bake at 200 ° C for 20-25 minutes.

Ice cream dough puff tartlets

This type of baskets is convenient because with the help of puff pastry, you can create various forms of tartlets. You can make this dough yourself, but store-bought puff pastry tartlets will work as well.

Required Ingredients:

• frozen dough - 300 gr;
• egg - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Free the dough from the wrapper, let it defrost at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes.

Spread it in a layer, cut into 12 squares. Use a shape to make square holes out of 6 squares, or make diagonal cuts and bend the corners to make a hole. The first option turns out to be neater, and the second is prettier. Choose according to your taste.

Grease whole squares with whipped yolk and lay squares with a hole on top of them. Grease the top with yolk as well.

Bake shortcrust pastry not lower than 200 ° С for about 20 minutes.

Quick sour cream dough for tartlets

Simple sour cream dough baskets will always help out if necessary. And if you add grated cheese, cottage cheese or herbs to this dough, you get spicy tartlets with filling for the festive table.

Required Ingredients:

• flour - 480 gr;
• margarine - 300 gr;
• sour cream - 300 gr.

How to cook:

Chop the margarine with a knife, and then grind it together with flour until crumbs. Add sour cream and knead to a smooth dough. Allow the mixed dough to rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Form the tartlets of the desired shape and bake them for 20-30 minutes at 180 ° C.

Whatever dough is used to prepare snack molds, there are a few rules to keep in mind.

They will allow you to bake perfect products for future use.

• so that the dough does not swell when baking, it should be pressed down with cereals or beans;
• another way to prevent the dough from rising too much is to chop the bottom with a fork in several places;
• adding cottage cheese, cheese or herbs to the dough will add originality to the product;
• in the absence of special forms, you can use the cake pan: just turn it upside down and stick it around the dough;
• be sure to grease the dough with a raw egg before baking, it will protect it from liquid fillings without allowing it to get wet, which is very important for julienne in tartlets.

Fillings for tartlets and their application

The ready-made mini-snacks look very elegant. At celebrations, any fillings for tartlets can be used as an appetizer, and such dishes are served hot or cold.

• Vegetables. Vegetables for tartlets can be in any form: fresh, boiled, baked. Most often, an appetizer with such a filling is served hot. The connecting component can be cheese. sour cream, egg.
• Cheese. Cheese tartlets are served hot or cold. Hard grades are usually heat treated. Vegetables, mushrooms, berries are added to the cheese.
• Mushrooms. The traditional snack is mushroom tartlets. Served in any form, usually with cheese and herbs.
• Meat. For the meat filling, there is selected pulp without fat, skin, cartilage, films. Boiled or baked meat is mixed with sauces, cheeses or vegetables. Chicken and mushroom tartlets are a common option.
• By-products. This type of filling is not common, but they make delicious options for snacks from liver pate or boiled tongue.
• A fish. Tartlets with red fish of the salmon family are a New Year's version of the appetizer. Lightly salted fish options are more often used than boiled or baked ones.
• Seafood. Many favorite tartlets with crab sticks, shrimps or squid are served cold with sauces.
• Caviar. This kind of filling creates an impressive effect. It is easy to prepare and expressive on the table.
• Fruits, berries. Sweet snacks are served at the end of the meal. Sometimes fruits or vegetables can be combined with cheese or meat, but more often such fillings are accompanied by chocolate and cream.

A complete list of fillings will make it easy to decide when choosing: what to put in the tartlets?

Salads in tartlets: recipes for all occasions

Increasingly, small forms with various fillings are displayed not only at buffets, but at home dinners. These small and mouth-watering baskets with all kinds of fillings look elegant and immediately attract attention.

For simple home gatherings, you don't have to think about how to fill the tartlets. For such cases, any salads will be just right.

Crab stick salad

For a simple homemade meal, you can arrange a regular crab salad with egg and corn in baskets. Such a salad in tartlets will turn out to be very satisfying. But for special occasions, it is better to prepare an appetizer with olives, cheese and pineapple.

Required Ingredients:

• crab sticks - 20 gr;
• hard cheese - 50 gr;
• pitted olives - 50 gr;
• canned pineapple - 50 gr;
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons.

How to cook:

Cut all ingredients into small cubes of the same size. Combine them in a bowl, add mayonnaise and mix everything.

Put a small leaf of lettuce in each mold on the bottom. Put the salad on top of the greens with a small spoon.

The cod liver tartlets will definitely surprise the guests. And new colors to this dish are given by its layout in tins.

Required Ingredients:

• cod liver - ½ can;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 50 gr;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• green onions - 2 feathers.

How to cook:

Boil the egg hard-boiled, then cool and peel. Separate the yolks. Grate the protein on a fine grater, and mash the yolk with a fork.

Grate the cheese and mash the liver with a fork.

Mix all ingredients together with mayonnaise. Divide the mass into molds, and decorate the top with yolk and chopped onion feathers.

If, instead of cheese, you use 50 grams of boiled carrots and 70 grams of pickled cucumbers, you will get a new filling with a very unusual taste and bright color.

Meat salad for filling

Poultry is most commonly used for hearty meat-based snacks. Chicken tartlets are a simple, inexpensive, yet satisfying snack, especially when paired with mushrooms.

Required Ingredients:

• chicken - 50 gr;
• champignons - 300 gr;
• egg - 3 pcs.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise.

How to cook:

Boil eggs and cool. Boil the poultry fillet in salted water. Fry the chopped mushrooms with chopped onions.

Cut the cooled breast with eggs into small cubes. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, adding mayonnaise to them. Fill the molds with the mixture, garnish with herbs or a slice of fried champignon and serve.

If you simply grind such a filling with grated cheese and bake in the oven until crusty, then you get julienne in tartlets with mushrooms and chicken.

Ideas for party tartlets

How to fill tartlets on the eve of big celebrations? For such purposes, red caviar and seafood will become indispensable. An appetizer with delicacies is always delicious and beautiful.

Cream cheese with caviar

The classic combination of caviar with butter has become commonplace, but cream cheese looks much more interesting. And the best part is that such tartlets with red caviar do not require preliminary cooking.

Required Ingredients:

• red caviar - 50 gr;
• cream cheese - 100 gr;
• lemon, herbs - for decoration.

How to cook:

The whole essence of the appetizer is the combination of products and the decoration of the dish. The lemon should be cut into thin rings, each of which is cut into 4 slices. Cut the cucumber into rings as thin as possible.

Put a little more than half of the cream cheese in each basket. Fill the remaining space with red caviar about ½ teaspoon each.

Elegantly decorate the appetizer with horizontal lemon wedges, while the cucumbers can be wrapped and placed vertically. To make the tartlets look like a real work of art, you can add parsley or dill leaves.

Shrimp appetizer for a celebration

Small baskets with shrimps are always relevant at buffets and feasts. Such an appetizer in tartlets looks presentable, especially in combination with a curd product.

Required Ingredients:

• curd cheese - 150 gr;
• shrimp - 10 pcs.;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• greens - optional.

How to cook:

Boil the shrimps and peel. Pass the garlic through a press, and chop the herbs. Mix them thoroughly with the cheese. Spoon the soft curd cream into molds, and put shrimp on top of it. Decorate the shrimp tartlets with a sprig of dill or a lemon wedge.

In the absence of curd cheese, the appetizer can be prepared with curd and sour cream. Mix these ingredients together and then use as soft cheese.

The recipe for salmon tartlets will be similar, where the fish is cut into thin slices and rolled into a rose.

Fish filling for tartlets

The original combination of tuna with corn gives the dish juicy colors and an unforgettable taste.

Required Ingredients:

• tuna - 1 can;
• corn - 300 gr;
• cheese - 200 gr;
• tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• mayonnaise and tomato paste - 2 tbsp each spoons.

How to cook:

Boil eggs, peel. Mix them together with the tuna with a fork. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and grate the hard cheese. In a deep bowl, combine all ingredients with mayonnaise.

Arrange the filling in the baskets. Bake tuna tartlets in the oven for 10 minutes at 180 ° C.

Sweet stuffed tartlet recipes

Often, shortcrust pastry molds are filled with fruit. This dish is a dessert and is used as portioned mini-cakes. And the great thing about this dessert is that the dough goes well with all berries and fruits, and any cream is suitable.

Cherry cakes

Any shortbread dough will go well with cherry filling and will become a favorite treat not only for children.

Required Ingredients:

• cherry - 400 gr;
• cream - 125 ml;
• milk - 125 ml;
• oil - 50 gr;
• egg -1 pc .;
• starch - 20 gr;
• sugar - 2 tsp.

How to cook:

In a saucepan, combine milk, cream, sugar and butter at room temperature. Beat the egg, and then add it to the milk mixture. Add starch and mix everything.

Put the cream on fire, cook until tender with constant stirring.

Fill the sand baskets with pitted cherries. Top with cream and bake such sweet tartlets in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Cool the dessert completely on the kitchen wire rack.

Closed apple baskets

Many people liked the idea of ​​serving small snacks, and shortbread dough became a leader in this direction. The filling can be baked not only for tartlets with mushrooms and cheese, but also for sweet apple varieties.

Required Ingredients:

• Applesauce - 1.5 cups
• roasted almonds - 2 tbsp spoons;
• powder - 4 tbsp. spoons.

How to cook:

Mix applesauce with almonds. Divide the shortcrust pastry into tins, leaving a little on the "lid" of the basket. Put 2 tbsp in each mold. tablespoons of applesauce.

Roll out the remaining dough and cut out circles to cover the baskets. Bake for 20-30 minutes at 190 ° C. Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.

Salads in tartlets have repeatedly saved the hostess from unexpected guests on an accidentally forgotten holiday. There are more than enough recipes for them. Salads, pates, and hot dishes are put in tartlets, they are baked, cheese is rubbed on top and served with herbs, appetizers of their meat, seafood, vegetables. The main rule is fresh tartlets, finely chopped food, a good salad dressing so that the dish is not lean and dry.

Meat and poultry salads in tartlets

Smoked chicken salad

• Smoked chicken carcass
• Bulb
• Champignons - fresh or pickled 200 grams
• Pickled cucumbers 2 pcs. If the mushrooms are pickled, you do not need to put the cucumber
• Mayonnaise and salt
• Eggs 3pcs

Spicy salad with meat and fruits

• Boiled beef 150 grams
• Boiled beef tongue 150 grams
• Boiled chicken fillet 150 grams
• Lemon
• Pear
• Bow 1 pc.
• Fresh cucumber 2 pcs.
• Tartlets are best made with cheese
• Mayonnaise and salt

Original salad, laid out in layers

• Pomegranate 1 pc.
• Tomato 2 pcs.
• Ham 200 grams
• Boiled or fried chicken fillet 200 grams
• Eggs 4 pcs.
• Green onions - feathers 5pcs.
• Lemon yogurt for dressing, salt

Salads in seafood tartlets

Shrimp and cheese salad

• Shrimp 400 grams
• Cheese 100 grams, preferably grated Parmesan
• Garlic 3 teeth
• Bow 1 pc.
• Bulgarian red pepper 1 pc.
• Caviar for decoration, red or black
• Yogurt with herbs for dressing, salt

Sea cocktail salad

• Shrimp 100 grams
• Mussels 100 grams - smoked
• Salmon 200 grams - smoked
• Octopus 100 grams
• Squids 1-2 carcasses - boiled
• Olives
• Green onions, dill, garlic
• Avocado 1 pc.
• Olive oil and provencal herbs for dressing, salt

Crab paste salad

• Crab sticks 200 grams, if there are fresh or boiled crabs, it is better to take their meat
• Mandarins 3 pcs.
• Tomatoes 4 pcs.
• Caviar - choose according to your taste and wallet. It can be either expensive or simple store-bought canned caviar.
• Mayonnaise and lemon for dressing, salt

Put the ingredients in a blender, bring to a paste.

Vegetable salads in tartlets

Spring salad

• Radish 5 pcs.
• Red and green pepper 1 pc.
• Quail eggs 3 pcs.
• Apple 1 pc.
• Green onions 100 grams
• Yogurt with olive oil and herbs for dressing, salt

Mushroom with grapes salad

• Seedless grapes 100 grams
• Fried champignons 100 grams
• Pickled chanterelles 100 grams
• Pickled mushrooms 100 grams
• Red onion 1 pc.
• Tomatoes 3 pcs.
• Grated cheese is better than neutral taste 100 grams
• Mayonnaise with lemon juice for dressing
• Salt to taste

Simple and quick salads in tartlets

Pate salad

• Korean carrots 100 grams
• Liver, grated into pate (in a blender, grind boiled chicken liver with salt and pepper).
• Bow 1 pc.
• Cucumber 1 pc.
• A spoonful of mayonnaise

Simple and tasty salad

• Eggs 3 pcs.
• Green onions 3 pcs.
• Half heap parsley
• Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
• Fresh cucumber 1 pc.
• Salt and pepper to taste

Light salad

• Canned corn 5 tbsp spoons.
• Canned pineapple 3 tbsp spoons
• Ham 200 grams
• Yogurt and herbs, salt

Canned salad

• Canned tuna 1 can, preferably in its own juice, no oil
• Tomatoes 3 pcs.
• Red onion 1 pc.
• Eggs 3 pcs.
• Olive oil and herbs, black pepper and salt for dressing

In general, almost any salad can be put into tartlets. Here, for example, tartlets with boiled beetroot, garlic and mayonnaise salad. If you are worried that the salad is so juicy that the tartlet might soften and tear, place a slice of lettuce on the bottom.

Tartlets with boiled beet salad

Ingredients:

Beet

Garlic

Mayonnaise

Lettuce leaves

Tartlets

How to make salad tartlets

1. Boil the beets until tender. To do this, wash it, put it in a saucepan with cold water, bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a minimum. Beets are boiled for about 1 hour. Readiness can be checked by piercing the beets with a knife (it should enter easily). Grate boiled chilled beets on a coarse or medium grater.

2 ... Finely chop the garlic and add to the beets.

3 ... Add some mayonnaise.

Place a small piece of lettuce at the bottom of the tartlet. Depending on how soft your tartlets are, decide if you need a lettuce leaf. Since it is not very convenient to eat a tartlet with it, it is better not to put it. Top with beetroot salad with garlic.

Tartlets with boiled beetroot salad are ready

Bon Appetit!