Queen of Hearts tart

Name: Queen of Hearts tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 x 320 g packs ready-rolled puff pastry; 300 g (11oz) light cream cheese; Finely grated zest of 1 lemon; 2tbsp finely chopped fresh dill; 160 g pack hot-smoked salmon skinned and flaked (or use cold-smoked salmon, skinned and flaked); 2 spring onions, finely sliced

These elegant tarts are served at room temperature so there’s no rush to get them to the table hot. Click here for our free printable heart template.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 10 February 2014

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

25 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Ingredients

2 x 320 g packs ready-rolled puff pastry
300 g (11oz) light cream cheese
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
2tbsp finely chopped fresh dill
160 g pack hot-smoked salmon skinned and flaked (or use cold-smoked salmon, skinned and flaked)
2 spring onions, finely sliced

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat the oven 200°C (180°C fan) mark 6. Unroll the puff pastry and cut or stamp out six individual-size hearts (for your free printable heart template, click HERE). Arrange the hearts on baking sheets, spacing a little apart. Score a 1cm (1/2in) border in from the edge of each heart. Use a fork to prick pastry well inside the border.
2. Step 2
  Bake the pastry hearts until golden, risen and crisp - about 20-25min. Take out of the oven and use the back of a spoon to press down the pastry carefully inside the border to make room for the filling. Cool completely, then tip/scrape out any loose crumbs from cases (so they won't get into the filling).
3. Step 3
  To make the filling, mix together the cream cheese, most of the lemon zest and dill and some seasoning (if mixture is too thick, loosen with a little milk). Spoon into the cooled tarts, level gently, then top with the flaked salmon and spring onions. Scatter over the remaining lemon zest and dill as well as some freshly grated black pepper. Serve.

Per Serving:

Calories: 301
Fibre: 1 g
Total carbs: 16 g
Sugars: 2 g
Total fat: 19 g
Saturated fat: 10 g
Protein: 17 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time