Baked Cheese Tart

Theese Cheese Tarts ~~ Sweet and salty, crunchy and creamy, all in one comforting bite, so addictive !😋

Baked Cheese Tart (Yields 10 tarts)

Ingredients:

Tart shell:

100g Unsalted butter

50g Sugar

1g Salt

36g Egg Yolk

180g Cake flour

20g Almond powder

Cheese Filling:

200ml Heavy cream

200g Cream cheese

40g Sugar

10g Corn starch

20g Powdered skim milk

55g Egg (one large egg)

50g Unsalted butter

6ml Vanilla extract

Brush on top of filling:

15g Milk

15g Egg Yolk

Method:

Make Tart shells:

1. Cream butter, sugar and salt.
2. Add yolk and mix until resistance is reached.
3. Sift the powdered flour and almond powder and mix it gently with a spatula.
4. Cling-wrap the dough and chill in refrigerator until firm.
5. Roll dough out to 4mm thickness, then cut out circles with a 4” round cutter
6. Line tart moulds with pastry circles, then prick pastry bottoms and bake in preheated oven at 180C for 12-15 minutes.

Make cream cheese filling:

1. Mix cream cheese and sugar first, stir well. Then mix in starch and skim milk powder, mix well. Add in eggs and mix well. 
2. Heat fresh cream. Remove from heat, whisk in cream cheese mixtures. Stir well until smooth. Return pot to stove and continue stirring over low heat until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
3. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla extract, mix well.
4. When it's hot, pour it in a bowl and cover with clingwrap tightly. Let it cool for 30 minutes and move to refrigerator.
5. When it's cooled, fill in a piping bag and pipe into cooled tart shells.
6. Gently brush beaten egg yolk over cheese filling and then bake at 200C for 8-10 min until the surface of the filling forms a skin.
7. Cool slightly and enjoy warm!

Note:

The cheese tart can be eaten warm or cold, they are both equally delicious!

Happy Baking!