There's not much variety to bake with strawberries. Instead, I cook it into strawberry coulis and make a cheese tart just for my strawberries. To my surprise, the combination was really good, I'm happy with my strawberry cheese tart.
Recipe for Strawberry Cheese Tart
(Makes for a 9" flan tart)
Almond Tart Crust
57g Ground almonds
142g Plain flour
45g Fine sugar
100g Unsalted butter, cold & cut into cubes
1/8tsp Salt
Method:
1. In a large mixing bowl, add in the dry ingredients.
2. Add the butter and use fingers to gently rub it into small bread crumbs.
3. Gather the crumbs together to form a dough. Do not overmix them.
4. Place the mixture into a plastic bag, and press it together.
5. Refrigerate for at least 30mins or until firm.
Cream Cheese Fillings
250g Cream cheese
30g Sugar
25g Liv unsalted butter, room temperature
1 Egg
25g Whole milk
20g Plain flour
1. Cream cheese, sugar and butter until light and smooth. Add in egg and cream until well blended.
2. Add in milk and mix until well combined. Lastly add in flour and mix until well incorporated and smooth.
Strawberry Coulis
450g Fresh Strawberries, cut cubes
100g Sugar
2 tsp Fresh Lemon juice
1. In a medium saucepan, combine the strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and continue stirring for about 8-10mins on low heat. (Do not stir or boil too long as it will create a lot of liquid).
2. Turn off the heat and let it cool completely before refrigerating.
Method:
1. Remove tart crust from the fridge.
2. Roll it and fit it into a 9" flan pan.
3. Fill up with cheese filling.
4. Bake in a preheated oven of 190C for 20mins, or when the cheese filling start to brown.
5. Remove from the oven and let it cool completely.
6. Refrigerate the tart.
7. Before serving, topped the tart with strawberry coulis completely. Drizzle the sauce when served.
1 comments:
Beautiful classic cheese tart topped with strawberry coulis ! I like this one!!!
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