Goat's cheese & cranberry tartlets

200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes bbc good food bites canape christmas cranberries cranberry entertaining finger food goat's cheese over an hour puff pastry thyme leaf thyme leaves

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Makes 20-24

Source

Ingredients

375-425g pack ready-rolled puff pastry or 500g pack ready-made pastry rolled 5mm thick

1 egg , beaten

3 tbsp cranberry sauce or a good-quality chutney

3 x 120g goat's cheese logs (such as Soignon Petit Sainte-Maure), at room temperature

1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf

extra-virgin olive oil , for drizzling

rocket leaves, to serve

Method

Preheat oven to fan 200C/conventional 220C/gas 7. Lay pastry on a floured work surface. Using a round 7.5cm round pastry cutter, cut out as many circles as possible.

Sit them on oiled baking sheets and score a circle about 2.5cm in from the edge of each disc by pressing gently with a 5cm cutter. Pierce the middle of each with a fork, brush with egg and top with a little cranberry sauce or chutney.

Slice the cheese 5mm thick so you have a slice per disc (discard end rinds). Lay a slice on each tartlet, then top with thyme leaves, a drizzle of oil and a twist of black pepper.

Bake for 10-15 minutes until the cheese is golden and the pastry crispy. Cool for 5 minutes and serve warm, garnished with rocket leaves.