Diabetic Living

BANANA AND HONEY TARTS

Nutty and sweet, these beauties are hard to beat!

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PREPARATIO­N TIME: 10 MINS COOKING TIME: 15 MINS SERVES 4 (AS A DESSERT)

1 sheet Pampas Light

Puff Pastry, thawed

1 Tbsp light cream cheese 1 banana, sliced into rounds 11/2 tsp honey

2 tsp flaked almonds

Pinch ground cinnamon

1 Preheat oven to 220°C (fan-forced). Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using a 10cm fluted cutter, cut 4 rounds out of the pastry and arrange over the baking paper. Discard the remaining pastry.

2 Evenly spread cream cheese over each pastry round, leaving a 1cm border. Top cream cheese with sliced bananas. Drizzle or brush over 1 teaspoon of the honey and sprinkle over the almonds. Bake for 15 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.

3 Serve warm, drizzled with remaining honey and sprinkled with cinnamon.

NUTRITION INFO

PER SERVE 498kJ, protein 3g, total fat 4.6g (sat. fat 2g), carbs 16g, fibre 2g, sodium 84mg • Carb exchange 1• GI estimate low

COOK’S TIP

You can replace the banana with thinly sliced pear (peeled and core removed) or hulled and sliced strawberri­es.

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