Goat Cheese Tartlets With Caramelized Shallots

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• refrigerated pie dough
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 5 shallots, peeled and sliced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 22 ounces creamy goat cheese
• 1 1/3 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon minced thyme leaves
• 3 tablespoons minced flat leaf parsley

Recipe

• 1 shells: may be made a day ahead.(short cut, use frozen phyllo cups) heat oven to 375 degrees. roll out pie dough and cut with 2â€? round cutter. fit into gem pans and prick twice in the bottom of shell. chill 20 minutes to firm dough.
• 2 bake shells until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes, rotating once during baking. remove baking sheets from oven; transfer to a wire rack.
• 3 shallots : may be made a day or two ahead:.
• 4 melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. add shallots and sugar; season with salt and pepper. cook, stirring frequently, until shallots are very tender and have deeply caramelized, 30 to 35 minutes. remove from heat; set aside.
• 5 creamy filling: may be made a day or two ahead:.
• 6 place goat cheese in bowl of a food processor; puree until very smooth. add heavy and sour creams; process until well combined. transfer to a medium bowl. stir in thyme and parsley; season with pepper.
• 7 to assemble and bake—place shells on a cookie sheet.
• 8 spoon or pipe 2 to 3 tablespoons filling into each shell, filling to within 1/8-inch from top.
• 9 arrange 1 heaping teaspoon reserved shallots on top of each tartlet.
• 10 transfer baking sheets to oven; bake tartlets until filling has set, 13 to 15 minutes, rotating once. transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.