Pumpkin and chestnut tarts with maple syrup
Phyllo pastry baskets, sweet and savory filling
Diced butternut squash seasoned with oil, thyme, and maple syrup and roasted at 200°C. Then, chopped chestnuts, diced feta, and chopped pecans.
To make the baskets, stack six oiled sheets of phyllo pastry, cut them into squares, and place them in a muffin tin.
1 hr 30 min
Preparation time
Appetizer
Category
Low
Difficulty
12 tarts
Servings
What it takes
Serves 12 tartlets, muffin tin.
1 package phyllo dough (12 sheets 24 × 36 cm)
650g butternut squash flesh
200g cooked chestnuts
180g feta
15 ml (20 g) of Pure Dark Maple Syrup
40g pecans
2 sprigs of thyme, plus a few leaves for decoration
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Eight steps
The oven
Preheat it to 200°C.
Pumpkin
Slice it into pieces about 1.5 cm thick, remove the peel, and cut the flesh into cubes.
Season
In a bowl, combine oil, salt, pepper, and maple syrup. Add thyme and mix well.
Roast
Arrange the pumpkin on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for about 30 minutes.
The filling
Let it cool slightly, then mix in the coarsely chopped chestnuts, cubed feta, and chopped pecans.
The baskets
Lay out a sheet of phyllo pastry, brush it with oil, and place another sheet on top. Continue this process until you have 6 sheets, oiling the top one as well. Divide into 6 squares and place them into the greased muffin tin cavities. Repeat for another 6 baskets.
Double cooked
Bake the pastry cups at 200°C for 5 minutes, remove from the oven, fill with the filling, and return to the oven for another 10 minutes, so the feta melts slightly.
Serves
Decorate each tartlet with a few thyme leaves.
Two things to know
The phyllo dough is cooked twice. The five minutes of empty baking serve to stiffen the shell: if filled raw, it will collapse.
Each sheet must be oiled, including the last one. It is the oil between the layers that creates the flakiness.
The ingredient
The variety used in this recipe. Dark, robust flavor: it withstands cooking and is recognizable in a mixture.
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