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Cottage cheese tart

Name: Cottage cheese tart
Prep time: 29 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 9 min
Yield: 1 tart
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée); 350 g cottage (or curd) cheese; 2 eggs; 125 g cream; 50 g brown sugar; 10 g vanilla sugar; ½ lime; 1 tablespoon Kirsch; 20 g flour; 2 pinches salt; 1 tablespoon caster sugar

Käsküeche, or cottage cheese tart, is a recipe of Alsatian origin, consisting of a sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) base topped with a light cottage cheese cream and, in this version, lime flavors.

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Duration

1 hour 9 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: December 15^th 2024

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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 for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

40 min.

All in all

1 hour 9 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Spread 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line a 26 cm (10-inch) diameter tart tin or circle.

Refrigerate until ready to use.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Whisk until smooth.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Separately, beat the egg whites of 2 eggs until stiff, adding 1 tablespoon caster sugar at the end.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Gently fold the egg whites into the previous mixture using a marysee.

Stage 6

Mix until light and homogeneous.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the mixture into the tart shell.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 40 min.

Place low in the oven at 180°C (360°F) for approx. 30-40 minutes.

Stage 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.

Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	31 g RDI=49 %	163 g RDI=62 %	117 g RDI=161 %	1,828 kcal RDI=91 %	7,655 kJ RDI=91 %
Whole recipe	324 g RDI=499 %	1,677 g RDI=633 %	1,206 g RDI=1,652 %	18,739 kcal RDI=937 %	78,460 kJ RDI=937 %