Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Bocconcini 'eyeball' tarts with olive 'bugs'















Boo! Halloween is almost here, so put on your scariest outfit and invite everyone around for these terrifying treats. 

Makes

24

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (500ml) good-quality tomato pasta sauce
  • 12 baby bocconcini, halved
  • 12 stuffed olives, halved
  • 1 large rosemary sprig, leaves picked
  • 12 kalamata olives
  • 24 ready-made mini savoury tart cases

 

Method

  1. Place the tomato sauce in a pan over medium heat and simmer for about 10 minutes until thickened, stirring occasionally to prevent catching.
  2. Press half a stuffed olive (pimento-side up) into the rounded side of the bocconcini to create 'eyeballs'. To make the bugs, stick 6 rosemary leaves (3 on each side) into the kalamata olives to form legs.
  3. When ready to serve, warm the sauce in a pan over low heat. Spoon into pastry cases, then press a bocconcini half into each one. Serve the eyeballs on a platter surrounded by bugs.

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