Title: Cheese and Apple Tartlets
Categories: Dessert Fruit Victoria
Yield: 8 Servings

		Pastry:
2	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
5	tb	Ice water (or 6 tb)
		Apple filling:
1 1/4	lb	Cooking apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
8	ts	Sugar
16	ts	Shredded cheddar cheese

Pastry: Combine flour and salt in large bowl. With a pastry blender or 2 knives cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually sprinkle with ice water, tossing with a fork until all is moistened. Gather dough into a ball. Divide dough in half. Form each ball into a square. Wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Assemble: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Cut each dough square in quarters. On lightly floured surface, roll out each pastry piece to a 5-inch circle. Press pastry rounds into 4-inch tartlet pans. Trim edge. Set pans on baking sheet. Spoon chopped apples evenly in pastry shells. Sprinkle each with 1 ts sugar. Bake at 425 degrees F for 20 minutes until pastry is lightly browned and apple is tender. Remove from oven. Sprinkle each tartlet with 2 ts cheese. Bake at 425 degrees F for 5 minutes until cheese is golden brown. Serve hot or cold.

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