Cottage cheese tart

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 tart, you will need:

• 1 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
• 2 350 g cottage (or curd) cheese
• 3 2 eggs
• 4 125 g cream
• 5 50 g brown sugar
• 6 10 g vanilla sugar
• 7 ½ lime
• 8 1 tablespoon Kirsch (optional)
• 9 20 g flour
• 10 2 pinches salt
• 11 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• Total weight: 1,025 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	40 min.	1 hour 9 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Spread 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line a 26 cm (10-inch) diameter tart tin or circle.
  Refrigerate until ready to use.
• 2: Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).
  In a bowl, pour 350 g cottage (or curd) cheese, the yolks of 2 eggs, 125 g cream, 50 g brown sugar, 10 g vanilla sugar, the juice and zest of ½ lime, 1 tablespoon Kirsch, 20 g flour and 2 pinches salt.
• 3: Whisk until smooth.
• 4: Separately, beat the egg whites of 2 eggs until stiff, adding 1 tablespoon caster sugar at the end.
• 5: Gently fold the egg whites into the previous mixture using a marysee.
• 6: Mix until light and homogeneous.
• 7: Pour the mixture into the tart shell.
• 8: Place low in the oven at 180°C (360°F) for approx. 30-40 minutes.
• 9: Enjoy warm or cold.

Remarks

If you don't have a lime, a lemon will work just as well.
The kirsch can be replaced by another white fruit spirit, or another to your taste.

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