Sparkin Cheese n Scotch Bonnet Tarts (Super Easy!!)

Look at these cute, impressive little blighters!! So easy to make but impressive enough to show off to others. A perfect thing to make for a gathering, particularly if that gathering is about teaching a lesson in chilli respect!!

You will need

Pastry
115 grams of plain flour
50 grams of cold butter
6 - 8 tablespoons of water

Filling
100 grams of cheese
1/2 a scotch bonnet pepper, nice colourful one
1/2 a small onion
1 medium egg
120ml milk
A litlle bit of smoked paprika for sprinkling
Salt and black pepper

To make

Chop the cold butter into cubes and bung it in the flour in a mixing bowl.

Now rub the butter between your fingers until the whole mix looks like breadcrumbs

Add between 6 and 8 tablespoons of cold water, 1 or 2 at a time until you have a shiny pliable dough.

Once this is done stick it in clingfilm or a sealy bag and stick it in the fridge

Stick your oven on at 180 degrees

Now finely chop the half onion and half scotch bonnet and give a fry in a pan for a couple of minutes. Then let it sit and cool slightly

Give your egg a good mix with the milk and add a pinch of salt and a grind of black pepper. At this point sometimes I add a pinch of cumin for the jazz

Add that lovely cheese and your chilli and onion mix to the egg mix

Now take your dough out of the fridge and give it a little knead before rolling out on a lightly floured surface to about as thin as a 10 pence piece hmm, that's about 3 millimetres!

Use either an upturned mug or a very small bowl to cut circles out of the dough

Press these circles into a muffin tin, don't worry if the sides crinkle, it adds to their character!

Add the filling to each one, fill to about two thirds as it will rise a little. When all filled sprinkle a little smoked paprika on the tops

Wallop these bad but cute boys in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes!! Then take them out and let them cool a little before removing.

Now present them to your fellow pie munchers

Enjoy!!!!