Mary Berry serves up delicious vegetarian goat’s cheese and shallot tarts with walnut pastry on Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites.

Mary says: “These tarts are ideal for a first course, they are also great for a picnic or light lunch. Take them to the seaside to enjoy as you sit on the beach. The tarts also make a beautiful vegetarian starter when served aside some simple salad leaves.”

The ingredients for the pastry are: 175g plain flour, plus extra for dusting, 100g cold butter, cubed, 1 free-range egg, beaten, 30g walnuts, roughly chopped and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the filling: 1 tbsp oil, 500g banana shallots, thinly sliced, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar, 300g soft goats’ cheese, 2 free-range eggs, beaten and 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley.

The recipe is taken from Mary’s book titled: Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites, available from Amazon now.