Smashed Potato Baked Beans Tarts

These crispy little tarts are the ultimate post breakfast snack. Cheap, delicious and super simple to make - this recipe is the ultimate way to enjoy cheesy beans.

20 minutes prep

30 minutes cook

Serves 6

Hugh Woodward
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Ingredients

  • 12largeish new potatoes
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tinbaked beans
  • 3 or 4 slicesmild cheddar
  • a handfulchopped chives
  • a handfulfried bacon pieces

They are so simple to make. You smash the cooked potatoes into a well oiled muffin tin and roast them until crispy, fill with beans, top with cheese and off we go!

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C,
  • Boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water until they are fork soft.
  • Drizzle the vegetable oil into a 12 hole muffin tray and use something to crush them into the holes, giving you a fillable tart case shape.
  • Drizzle with a touch more oil and bake until they are crispy and hold their shape.
  • Fill them with beans and top with a little disk of cheddar, then bake them until the cheese has melted and the beans are bubbling.
  • Top with diced chives and bacon pieces and eat warm,

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    Hugh Woodward

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    Hugh's culinary life began aged 14 when he cooked spaghetti hoop burritos to impress girls. Since then his colourful career has taken him to performing in Skegness, making cheese in Peckham, running a wine bar on Columbia Road and reluctantly working in a (briefly) Michelin Starred restaurant. He likes fish, things cooked on charcoal, cheap dinners and London's rich cultural tapestry of food shops. When he's not cooking or eating he can be found mudlarking by the river Thames, buying bits in flea markets and hanging out with his cat Keith.

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