Tartlets With Crab Stick Salad
By: Thecoffeebreak
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 10:36pm

Ingredients




For pastry:

150 grams flour
75 grams butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 tablespoons of cold water
For salad:

150 grams crab sticks, chopped
1 large carrot, grated
1/2 of red bell pepper, chopped
4 tablespoons of chopped spring onions
4 tablespoons of olive oil
3 tablespoons of lime juice
Salt, pepper to taste

Preparation

1 For the pastry, sift the flour and salt to a large mixing bowl. 2 Add softened butter then with knife start to cut butter into the flour. Continue to do that until well combined. 3 Add cold water and stir until dough bind together; add more water if dough is too dry. 4 Wrap in a Clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes. 5 Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. 6 Remove dough from the fridge; divide into 8 parts and roll out each part over floured surface until very thin. Line base and sides of 8, (4 inch in diameter), tartlet forms; cut leftovers around the edges. Prick the bases with a fork. Bake for 15 minutes. 7 For the salad, combine all ingredients, except spring onions, season with salt and pepper. 8 Fill each tartlet with the salad and sprinkle with spring onions.