Gorgonzola Cocktail Tarts

Submitted by LonestarNR

"These tarts are always a favorite when served at our parties or any other gathering. Your friends will be impressed!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 45 Tarts
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• nonstick vegetable cooking spray (like Pam)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups low fat cottage cheese (1% or 2%)
• 1 cup buttermilk baking mix (like Bisquick)
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon Mrs. Dash garlic and herb seasoning
• 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, finely chopped, finely chopped
• 1 cup crumbled gorgonzola (about 6 ounces)
• pine nuts (optional) or walnut halves (optional)

directions

1. Bake tarts until golden and puffed. This will be 15-20 minutes typically, but may vary based on oven calibration. Keep a close eye on them so as not to burn them. Remove from pans onto cooling rack after 2-3 minutes of in pan cooling.
2. Whisk eggs in a large bowl and then add next 8 ingredients and whisk to blend well. Stir in Gorgonzola cheese.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees (slightly lower if using in convection/bake mode). Spray forty-eight of 1¾” diameter muffin cups (2 pans) with nonstick spray and run a clean finger around each to make sure sides of cups are greased.
4. Fill each cup to just below the top (less than a full tablespoon) with batter. Top batter in each cup with pine nuts or walnut halves, if desired.
5. Bake tarts until golden and puffed. This will be 15-20 minutes typically, but may vary based on oven calibration. Keep a close eye on them so as not to burn them.
6. Remove from pans onto cooling rack after 2-3 minutes of in pan cooling.