Spiced mushroom and butternut tartlets

If you’ve got guests coming over, it’s a great idea to cook for them and add a tasty surprise to the festivities. These spiced mushroom and butternut tartlets are great for evenings where you’re going to serve a couple of different courses. The best part other than the delicious roasted butternut and mushroom filling, the phyllow pastry will add some great textures. It tastes as incredible as it looks and will impress all of your guests, especially when you’ve got a date over.

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Spiced mushroom and butternut tartlets suggestions

Filo or phyllo is a very thin unleavened dough used for making pastries such as baklava and börek in Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines These spiced mushroom tartlets are more like a deconstructed pie that is very aesthetically appealing. It also makes for a wonderful dish to serve to guests, especially if you are looking to impress them. They’re great as a starter or main meal, so you can choose how you present them to your guests.

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Impress your guests with a beautiful and tasty treat when you bring out some Spiced mushroom and butternut tartlets.

Last updated on 21 June 2023

Spiced mushroom and butternut tartlets recipe

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Recipe by South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association Course: Lunch, EntréeCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

5

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

35

minutes

For the love of mushrooms, these tartlets are deliciously spice and combined with butternut for a truly filling treat.

Ingredients

• 15+5 ml 15+5 oil

• 300 g 300 butternut, cubed

• salt and milled black pepper

• 1 1 red onion, diced

• 15 ml 15 fresh ginger, ground

• 250 g 250 button mushrooms, quartered

• 5 ml 5 ground cumin

• 5 ml 5 ground coriander

• 100 g 100 feta, crumbled

• 4 sheets 4 phyllo pastry

• 30 ml 30 olive oil

• 60 ml 60 dukkah

• 30 ml 30 fresh coriander leaves, chopped

• 90 ml 90 smooth cream cheese

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the butternut on a baking sheet. Drizzle with 15ml oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast the butternut for 35-45 or until tender and has a beautiful brown colour.
• Meanwhile heat the balance of the oil in a pan and gently fry the onion for 3-4 minutes. Add the ginger and mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in the cumin and coriander and cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the feta cheese, coriander and roasted butternut.
• Cut each sheet of phyllo pastry into 9 squares and brush both sides lightly with olive oil. Arrange 6 squares of pastry in circular shape in a tartlet tin or 6-hole muffin pan. Bake the phyllo pastry cases in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until golden.
• Spoon one tablespoon of cream cheese into the base of each tart and top with the mushroom mixture and a sprinkle of dukkah. Return the tarts to the oven and bake for 3-4 minutes and serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

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