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Mushroom, leek & crumb-topped Tartlets

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Takes 1 hr 30 mins serves 4

500g shortcrust pastry 1 egg, beaten 50g butter 4tsp olive oil 3 onions, sliced 3 leeks, sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3 field mushrooms, sliced 2 sprigs of rosemary 25g fresh white breadcrumb­s 25g pine nuts, diced

Zest 1 lemon 3 sprigs of thyme

1 Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas 5. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to 3mm thick. Use to line a four-hole tart tin. Fill with baking parchment and baking beans. Bake for 15mins. 2 Remove the paper and beans, brush with egg and bake for 5-10 mins until golden and cooked. Trim off the excess pastry with a serrated knife. 3 In a pan, melt 25g of the butter in 2tsp of the oil and cook the onions and leaks for 15 mins, covered, by stirring occasional­ly until softened. Season well, add the garlic and cook for 1 min more. 4 Heat the remaining butter and oil in a pan, then fry the mushrooms for 10 mins until browned. Season, adding the rosemary leaves for 2 mins. Set aside. 5 Whizz the breadcrumb­s with the pine nuts in a food processor. Mix with the lemon zest and thyme leaves. Divide the mushrooms, onions and leeks between each case, top with the breadcrumb­s mixture. Bake for 10 mins until golden.

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