Spring Onion + Pea Tartlets

These Spring Onion + Pea Tartlets are bright and fresh tasting and would make a delicious light lunch or snack option. Kind of like a cross between a spring themed quiche and a tart, but with no eggs and no dairy in them. Use ready made pastry to speed up the process or make your own.

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Makes about 20 tarts | 40 minutes (if you're not making your own pastry)
Vegetarian, Dairy-free, Plantbased

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
250 grams frozen peas
2 sticks celery, finely diced
8 spring onions, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, finely diced
Salt and black pepper
300 grams silken tofu
A few handfuls spinach
A large handful of fresh basil
2x ready-rolled sheets of dairy-free shortcrust pastry (or homemade pastry)
A splash of dairy-free milk

Method:
1) Start by heating your olive oil in a large frying pan or something similar.
2) Add your frozen peas, celery, spring onions and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes to lightly cook them.
3) Add some salt and black pepper and sauté for a few more minutes before setting the pan aside to allow the vegetables to cool down.
4) Meanwhile add your silken tofu, spinach and fresh basil into a blender and blend until smooth and creamy (you may need to add a splash of water to help with consistency)
5) Pour into a bowl and then add about 2/3 of your sautéed vegetables and mix well to combine.
6) Grease two 12 hole bun trays (with 6cm diameter holes) well and preheat your oven to 200°c
7) Roll out your pastry sheets and cut about 7cm diameter circles. (If you've made your own pastry roll it out to about just less than 1/2 cm thick.)
8) Push the pastry circles into holes in the tin and then fill with the mixture (about just less than a tablespoon in each.)
9) Add a little sprinkle of the remining vegetables on top of each tart.
10) Brush the pastry with some milk.
11) Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the filling has set and the pastry is golden.

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