Friday, April 22, 2011

Cheese Tartlets

This is my children favorite and each of them can easily consume 5 cheese tarts at one go. This recipe is for 42 to 47 pieces cheese tarts depending on the thickness of the pastry press onto the tart mould

Ingredients:

375g Red Rose Flour
100g Corn Flour
125g Icing Sugar
½ tsp salt
250g Butter
5 Egg Yolks
½ tsp Vanilla Essence

















1. Sieve the red rose flour, corn flour and icing sugar onto the butter in a mixing bowl.
2. Using a pastry cutter to mix the dried ingredients with the butter by cutting them till you have created a uniform mixture that is crumbly and about the size of frozen peas.
3. Lastly add in the egg yolks and vanilla essence to make into pastry















4. Press the pastry onto the tart mould. Prick using fork on the pastry shell.
5. Chill for 10 - 15 mins and bake at 190°c for 15 mins or until light golden brown. Leave to cool.















FILLING
500g Cream Cheese
250g Home made yogurt
150g Castor sugar
40g Gelatine
115ml Hot water

1. Beat together the cream cheese, yogurt and castor sugar until soft and creamy
2. Mix the gelatine with hot water till totally dissolved
3. Gradually add the gelatine into the cream cheese mixture
4. Using an ice cream scooper to fill ready tart casing with the cream cheese mixture and chill them before serving

Have Fun and be happy! ♥

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