Cottage cheese tart
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.
1,739 5/5 (1 reviews)
1 hour 9 min.
Easy
3 tarts
11 IngredientsLast modified on: December 15th 2024
For 3 tarts, you will need:
- 1
900 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
1 kg 50 g cottage (or curd) cheese - 3
6 eggs - 4
375 g cream - 5
150 g brown sugar - 6
30 g Vanilla sugar - 7
2 lime - 8
3 tablespoons Kirsch (optional) - 9
60 g flour - 10
6 pinches salt - 11
3 tablespoons caster sugar - Total weight: 3,075 grams
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 40 min.
All in all: 1 hour 9 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Spread 900 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line a 26 cm (10-inch) diameter tart tin or circle.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Whisk until smooth.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Separately, beat the egg whites of 6 eggs until stiff, adding 3 tablespoons 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.
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.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 970 RDI=370 % | 5,030 RDI=480 % | 3,620 RDI=550 % | 56,220 RDI=2,810 % | 235,380 RDI: 2,810 % |
| Per 100 g | 30 RDI=10 % | 160 RDI=20 % | 120 RDI=20 % | 1,830 RDI=90 % | 7,660 RDI: 90 % |
| Per tart | 320 RDI=130 % | 1,680 RDI=160 % | 1,210 RDI=180 % | 18,740 RDI=940 % | 78,460 RDI: 940 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 tarts : 13.30 €
- Per tart : 4.45 €
Change currency: 
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Cottage (or curd) cheese
Like these other recipes: Cervelle de Canut, Frozen cottage cheese with strawberries, ... See them all 2
Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to bake blind , Lemon and lime custard tart, Pistachio custard tart, Tarte Jurassienne, Lemon tart, ... See them all 43
Cream
Like these other recipes: Spinach à la Lorraine, Creamy polenta with green asparagus, Cream and herb dressing, Potatoes with prawns, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, ... See them all 113
Brown sugar
Like these other recipes: Smart plum tart, Caribbean upside-down cake, Flaky brownie brioche, Tarte à l'coloche, Hazelnut and orange cake, ... See them all 41
Other recipes you may also like
How to cook rice in rice-cooker
Cooking rice in a specially adapted "rice-cooker" is practical and quick: you don't have to watch it during cooking, it's fast (15 minutes) and the rice-cooker switches automatically to "keep warm".February 21th 2011916 K 24.9 20 min.
How to prepare sorrel
Here is how to clean and cut fresh leaves to use in a recipe, by removing stalks and central vein, to retain only the very best of the sorrel.October 6th 2010427 K3.3 35 min.
Hot chocolate
Here's something simple to cheer up cold days, or a delight to look forward to on coming home after a walk in the rain.December 19th 2010217 K4 25 min.
Pain perdu
This is a sweet French version of "eggy bread": slices of bread soaked in a mixture of milk, cream, egg yolks and vanilla sugar, then pan-fried until golden. It's really simple and wickedly delicious!July 20th 2011164 K3.8 40 min.
Almond mug cake for Mary
Mug cakes are fun and quick to make. They cook in the microwave in about a minute and a half. This almond version is similar to the small cakes known as financiers.June 22th 2014106 K4.3 9 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-12-22)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.