CHESTNUT, LEEK AND MUSHROOM TARTLETS
CHESTNUT, LEEK AND MUSHROOM TARTLETS
CHESTNUT, LEEK AND MUSHROOM TARTLETS

Ingredients
  • 225g/8oz ready-made puff pastry (thawed if frozen)
  • 55g/2oz wild rice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 15g/½oz vegan margarine
  • 370g/13oz leeks
  • finely chopped
  • 110g/4oz oyster mushrooms
  • sliced
  • 200g/7oz packed cooked and peeled chestnuts
  • chopped
  • 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • leaves only
  • chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh sage
  • finely chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1-2 tbsp soy sauce
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured board. Use to line either four individual 10cm/4in loose bottomed flan rings or one 20cm/8in large one. Do not trim the excess pastry yet. Prick the base all over and leave to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Bake blind for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is cooked
  • then trim off the excess.
  • Cook the rice in boiling water until the grains split (about 30-40 minutes). Drain and allow to cool.
  • Heat the olive oil and margarine in a frying pan and gently fry the leeks for about five minutes until soft.
  • Add the mushrooms and fry for a further five minutes
  • then stir in the chestnuts
  • rosemary
  • sage and cooked wild rice and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Add the soy sauce and cook for a further two minutes.Spoon the filling into the pastry case(s) and return to the oven to bake for 5-10 minutes
  • until warmed through.