Preparation Time:
45
Note:
Pastries, pies, or tartlets are generally prepared with shortcrust pastry. They are very common recipes in international cuisine and frequent in Cuban food. Although on the Island we usually use this pastry for sweet dishes, today we present a tasty and easy recipe to make. It is ideal to welcome guests at home or to take to a party and surprise everyone with a delicious taste of Cuba. We hope you enjoy it. You can make it using one of the two sauces presented by Chef Iván as a base. In this case, he opted for a delicious béchamel to cook the chicken.
Ingredients:
- 520 grams of shortcrust pastry to make the base of the cake or tartlets.
- 1 cup of béchamel sauce
- 1 cup of boiled vegetables
- 500 grams of diced chicken breast
- Salt, pepper
- 1 cup of tomato sauce (optional)
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
Instructions:
Firstly, you should bake the dough and set aside the tartlets or pies. Then choose how you want your chicken pastries to be filled, with a tomato sauce base or with a béchamel base. Prepare one of the two sauces shown by Chef Iván in the video.
The Tomato Sauce is inspired by the famous sauce used in Cuba known as Vita Nuova. In contrast, the Bechamel, which was the option chosen by the Chef, is of French origin. It is a basic sauce in international cuisine and pairs wonderfully with chicken.
Once you have your sauce ready and the dough baked, start the recipe by following the steps shown by the chef in the video, which we will narrate for you below:
- Peel the onion and mix it with the vegetables. Cook them over medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown it in the pan over high heat until cooked to your liking.
- Add the vegetables with the onion, and when they are well incorporated, add the sauce of your choice.
- Let it simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes so that all the flavors meld together.
- Fill the tartlets and decorate them with finely chopped parsley or a sprinkle of ground pepper.
Enjoy your meal!!
Rations:
12