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Brie Tart
A rich and creamy tart perfect as a starter or as a light meal in its own right.
Jump to the methodAdded August 2011
You'll need
- 300g shortcrust pastry
- 150g of Brie
- 2 eggs
- 150 ml of thickened cream
- 100 ml of milk
- Salt and Pepper
- Nutmeg
- 1 sprig of Thyme
Method
Line your flan tin with short crust pastry and blind bake it for 15 minutes and allow it to cool.
Cut the brie in ½ to 1 cm thick pieces. Place the brie pieces on the cooled pastry cases.
Place Brie pieces into the pastry 
Mix ingredients in bowl In a bowl, beat 2 eggs with the cream, then add the milk. Mix until well combined.
Season to taste with the salt and pepper, a pinch of nutmeg and the roughly chopped thyme.
Pour egg mixture into the prepared flan tins until it is filled to just below the rim.
Pour mixture into pastry Finished tart, ready to eat Place the tart(s) into the preheated oven at 200° Celsius. Bake the tart(s) for 20 minutes if using several smaller 12 cm flan tins or 30 minutes if using the larger 23 cm tin.
