Cream Cheese and Almond Tart

Gateaux and Cakes

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Ingredients for 1 Tart form, Ø 26 cm
  • For the short crust pastry
  • 300 g AP Flour
  • 200 g Butter, softened
  • 100 Sugar
  • 1 Egg(s)
  • Butter, for the baking tin
  • For the filling
  • 250 g QimiQ Sauce Base
  • 500 g Cream cheese
  • 5 Egg(s)
  • 160 g Sugar
  • 20 g Vanilla sugar
  • 1 Lemon(s), juice and finely grated zest
  • 60 g Almond flakes
Method
1.
For the shortcrust pastry: knead the ingredients together to form a smooth pastry.
2.
Preheat the oven to 350 °F (air circulation).
3.
Roll out the pastry and use to line a greased tart form.
4.
For the filling: mix the QimiQ Sauce Base, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest together.
5.
Pour the filling into the tart form and sprinkle with the almond flakes. Bake in a preheated oven at 360°F for approx. 20 minutes.
6.
Allow to cool and cut into pieces.