Simple Egg and Cheese Tartlets

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400˚F.

Step 2

Unroll thawed sheet of puff pastry and divide into 4 equal squares.

Step 3

Place each square into a mini cast iron pan (can use a baking sheet as well) and prick holes all over the bottom of each.

Step 4

Place pastry squares in the oven and bake for about 8 minutes or until barely browned and puffed.

Step 5

Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese onto the bottom of each pastry square, creating a small nest and fill each with a cracked egg. Top each egg with an additional 2 tablespoons cheese and place tartlets back into the oven.

Step 6

Lower the oven temperature to 375˚F and bake tartlets for 7 to 9 minutes or until pastry has browned and egg whites have set, but yolks are still runny.

Step 7

Remove from oven and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Step 8

Top each tartlet with fresh basil leaves and serve.