Spinach Tarts-hg – We Love God!

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables, Dairy, Eggs		Appetizers, Meatless md	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Flour
1/4	t	Salt
4	T	Butter, diced
3	T	Vegetable shortening, diced
2	T	Iced water
3	T	Butter
3	T	Scallions, chopped
1 1/2	c	Spinach, cooked drained
		Or 1 pkg. frozen spinach
		Nutmeg-dash
		Black pepper, freshly ground
1/2	lb	Cream cheese
4		Eggs
1/2	c	Cream
		Fresh watercress to garnish
		Cherry tomatoes to garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

To make the pastry, mix together the flour and the salt. Using your
fingertips, rub the butter and shortening into the flour until the
mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add water and knead lightly.
Form the dough into a ball, dust with flour, wrap in wax paper and
chill for 1 hour.  Roll the dough thinly and line 6 small tart pans.
Prick the base of  the shells and chill for 1 hour.  To make the
filling, melt the butter in a pan over medium heat and  add the
scallions. When soft, add the spinach, nutmeg and pepper.  Cook for 5
minutes. Place in a bowl and beat in the cream cheese.  Separate the
eggs, add 4 yolks, one at a time to the spinach. Add the  cream. In
another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them  into the
spinach mixture.  Preheat oven to 400F. Cover the base of the tarts
with wax paper and  dried beans or rice and bake for 15 minutes. Remove
beans and paper  and allow the pastry sheels to cool.  Reduce the oven
heat to 350F. Fill the shells with the spinach  mixture, dot with
butter and bake 15-20 minutes. Allow to cool before  serving. Garnish
with watercress and cherry tomatoes.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 564 Calories From Fat: 391 Total Fat: 44.4g Cholesterol: 232mg Sodium: 409.7mg Potassium: 624.9mg Carbohydrates: 31.5g Fiber: 3.9g Sugar: 1.7g Protein: 12.6g