Valentine Tarts

Valentine’s Day is pending and there is no doubt that there is no better opportunity to use a bit of creativity and show your love for someone special! For those who like the cute, crafty and sweet things, try making your special someone peanut butter chocolate spread Valentine tarts. Decorated with heart-like strawberries on some pretty paper will make a very pretty edible gift!

Ingredients

225g Butter crust pastry mix

Jar chocolate spread (can be any but we recommend Nutella)

Jar peanut butter

Strawberries (cut in half)

Edible gold spray

Method

-       Heat oven 180C

-       Make the pastry as the packet manufacturer instructs

-       Then sprinkle the surface with flour and roll out the pastry so that it is quite thinly but not too thin!

-       Use heart pastry cutter to cut out the tarts then use your thumb and make a deeper imprint as deep as you would a jam tart and fill each case with baking paper and rice to hold in place

-       Put in the oven for 20mins

-       Spread the base thickly with peanut butter then layer on top the yummy chocolate spread

-       Bake extra 10mins or until crust is golden

-       Take out the oven and allow to cool

-       Spray gold and serve with cut strawberries and cream

By Melodie Walter