Chicken Pecan Tarts Food

PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease 8 3-inch tart tins.
• Roll out pastry and cut 8 5-inch circles. Fit pastry circles into greased tart tins.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, butter or margarine, corn syrup, and vanilla extract. Mix well, then stir in pecans. Pour an equal amount of mixture into each pastry-lined tart tin.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes until pastry is golden brown and filling is set.

CHICKEN PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• In large skillet, melt butter. Add pecan pieces and sauté until lightly browned. (If short on time, skip this step, use raw pecans and only breaking coarsely).
• In a bowl, combine chicken, celery, miracle whip, Grey Poupon, cream cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg (if using).
• Add pecans; stir well.
• Separate biscuits (you probably will not need them all); roll or press with fingertips each into a 4 inch circle. Press into greased muffin cups, letting dough cover bottom and sides. (If using a large muffin tin and do not need all 12, be sure to put a little water in each of the empty ones before baking.).
• Spoon chicken mixture into biscuit cups. Bake at 425°F for 12 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
• Remove from tin. Cool on wire racks.
• ENJOY!

CHICKEN-PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• Set oven to 425 degrees.
• In a large skillet, over medium heat, melt the butter; add the pecans and saute until lightly browned.
• In a medium-size bowl, combine the chicken, celery, mayo, mustard, cream cheese, salt and nutmeg; add in pecans, mix well to combine.
• Separate the biscuits; roll each into a 4-inch circles.
• Press into 10 foil baking cups, letting the dough cover the bottom and the sides of the foil pan.
• Place the foil baking cups (purchase small ones) in muffin pans, or on a foil-lined greased cookie sheet, just sort of squeeze them in to fit, (they seem to bake out better if they are placed in muffin cups) Spoon the chicken mixture into the baking cups.
• Bake for 12 minutes, or until crust in golden brown-- delicious!

PECAN TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place flour in a medium bowl, add salt and sugar and mix well. Add butter and cut into flour, using a pastry cutter, until butter is the size of small peas. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing gently after each addition. Dough will begin to form a ball when enough water has been added. Gather dough with dry hands and form into an even ball. Let rest for 5 minutes. Roll pate brisee dough to a 12-inch circle. Place in a 9-inch tart pan and lightly press into pan.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar and corn syrup. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Add melted butter and continue to beat. Add pecans and vanilla and mix well. Set aside.
• In a small bowl mix apples with lemon juice. Spread apples onto bottom of pan and pour pecan mixture over apples. Bake pie until set, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

CHICKEN PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet melt butter; add pecans and saute until lightly browned. In a bowl, combine chicken, celery, mayonnaise, mustard, cream cheese, salt and nutmeg. Add pecans; mix well. Separate biscuits; roll each into a 4 inch circle. Press into 10 foil bake cups, letting dough cover bottom and sides. Place bake cups in muffin pans. Spoon chicken mixture into bake cups. Bake at 425 for 12 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy; blend in flour and salt. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Shape into 1-in. balls; press onto the bottom and up the sides of greased mini-muffin cups. , For filling, in a small bowl, beat the egg. Add brown sugar, butter and vanilla; mix well. Stir in pecans. Spoon into tart shells. , Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before carefully removing from pans. Garnish with maraschino cherries if desired.

TINY PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• To Make Pastry: Cream butter or margarine and cream cheese. Add flour and mix well. Make into 48 balls; place one ball in each cup of a mini tart pan. Use your fingers or a tart tamper to press out into a tart shell.
• To Make Filling: Break the eggs, but do not beat. Add sugar, melted butter, salt, vanilla and pecans. Mix well. Fill the tart shells. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until delicately browned.