Lime Cream Cheese Tart
Lime cream cheese tart is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the cheesecake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 50 g ground almonds
- 200 g Flour
- 125 g cold butter
- 75 g powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
- 250 g quark
- 250 g cream cheese
- 175 g sugar
- 1 packet vanilla pudding powder
- 4 eggs
- 2 limes (unprocessed, juice and grated zest)
- butter (for the pan)
- 2 tbsp ground pistachios (to sprinkle)
Instructions
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1.
Sift almonds and flour onto a work surface, mix with powdered sugar and salt, and press a well in the center. Cut cold butter into small pieces and distribute around the well; add the egg, about 2 tbsp lukewarm water, and use a knife to cut through all ingredients until small dough crumbs form. Quickly knead by hand into a dough, shape into a ball, wrap in cling film, and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
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2.
Whisk quark, cream cheese, sugar, pudding powder, eggs, lime juice and zest together thoroughly.
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3.
Grease the pan. Roll out the dough on a floured surface and line the pan; prick the bottom with a fork several times. Pour in the cream cheese mixture and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C (lower rack) for about 1 hour. Remove, let cool, and optionally sprinkle pistachios around the upper edge.
