Yorkshire Cheese Tarts

with Apple

Ingredients

200g shortcrust pastry

50g butter, softened

225g cottage cheese

Pinch of salt

4 eating apples, peeled, cored and cut into slices

125g sugar

25g cake crumbs

50g currants

Grated rind of 1/2 lemon

3 egg-yolks

For the topping

1tbsp butter, melted

1 tbsp sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas 6

Line 24 tartlet tins with pastry.

Cream the butter.

Sieve cottage cheese into a large bowl.

Add salt, sugar, cake crumbs, currants and lemon rind and mix well. Add the creamed butter.

Beat the egg yolks and mix well into the cheese mixture.

Spoon the mixture into pastry cases and top with apple slices, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with 1 tbsp sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Serve warm or cold.