Strawberry Cheese Tart

Ingredients for Pastry: (Makes about 30 nos.)

100 gm. Butter
60 gm. icing sugar
30 gm. beaten egg
200 gm. Plain flour
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence

Ingredients for Cream cheese filling:

300 gm. Cream cheese
80 gm. icing sugar
1 tsp. lemon paste
15 gm. vanilla essence
50 gm. whip cream
25 gm. cornflour - sieved
2 nos. large eggs

Some Strawberry Puree for topping

Method:

(1) Cream butter, icing sugar till slightly creamy.
(2) Add in beaten eggs, salt, and vanilla essence.
(3) Fold in flour and mix into a dough. Leave in the fridge for 20 mins.
(4) Press dough into tart mould and cut off excess dough.
(5) Bake the tart mould till half-baked and let it cool slightly.
(6) Cream cream cheese and icing sugar till creamy.
(7) Add in lemon paste and vanilla essence.
(8) Add in eggs one at a time , beating well after each addition.
(9) Add in whip cream and mix evenly.
(10) Pour filling into half-baked tarts, scoop a little blueberry jam topping on top of filling and then use a skewer to swirl into a marble effect and bake in preheated oven at 180C for 10 to 15 mins. or till set.
(11) Leave to cool before serving.

Strawberries Cheese Tart

Ingredients:

350 gm. Cream cheese
120 gm. Icing sugar
120 gm. unsalted butter
1 egg
1/2 lemon - squeeze out juice
Some strawberry jam or blueberry pie filling
(Use the baking type of jam and for bottled jam, stir with some hot water to dilute it)

Tart pastry ingredients:

350 gm. Plain Flour
120 gm. sugar
200 gm. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
1 egg

Method:

(1) For tart pastry, cream butter, sugar and salt till creamy.
(2) Add in beaten egg slowly and cream till well mixed.
(3) Add in flour and mix into a dough. Rest for 20 mins.
(4) Divide dough into small portions and press into tart moulds. Trim off excess.
(5) Bake in the oven at 175C for about 10 mins. Then remove from the oven and let it cool a little.
(6) For fillings: Cream the cream cheese with sugar till creamy. Add in butter and continue to cream till creamy.
(7) Add in egg and continue creaming for a while, add lemon juice and blend until creamy.
(8) Pour fillings into baked tart mould. Put a teaspoon of jam on top and take a skewer to swirl into marble effect and bake at 180C for about 5 - 8 mins.
(9) Chill in fridge and serve.

Eggs Tarts

Ingredients for pastry crust:

100 gm. Unsalted Butter
40 gm. icing sugar
a pinch of salt
1 egg
20 gm. milk powder
220 gm. Plain Flour
1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract

Egg Custard:

2 eggs.
45 gm. fine sugar
a pinch of salt
1 tsp. lemon juice
80 gm. fresh milk
40 gm. water
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence

Method:

(1) In a food processor, mix all the ingredients for pastry crust together except egg. Pulse a couple of times to mix till crumbly.
(2) Add in egg and mix till it becomes a pliable dough. Do not overmix otherwise pastry will create gluten and becomes tough.
(3) Chill pastry for 20 mins. before pressing into tart mould.
(4) Press pastry into tart moulds and cut off excess dough at the rim. Leave aside while prepare for egg custard.
(5) Mix all the ingredients for egg custard together then sieve it.
(6) Pour into prepared tarts and bake at 175C for about 20 mins. If your oven has individual control of the upper and lower heat, please have a higher temperature for lower control so that the pastry tart will turn golden brown. If you do not have this mode, please place the tarts at the bottom shelf of the oven.

Blueberry/Rasberry Cheese Tart

Pastry

250 gm buttercup
60 gm gula icing
2 biji telor (buang putih satu biji)
420 gm tepung gandum (kalau kurang tambah sedikit )- ayak bersama susu tepung
1 sudu makan susu tepung
Sedikit esen vanilla

Pukul butter dan gula icing, masukkan telor, esen vanilla, tepung, uli sekejap hingga tak melekat kat tangan. Masuk pastry dlm peti sejuk >< 1 jam. Tekan dalam acuan, cucuk dgn garpu, bakar hingga kekuningan (SEPARUH MASAK).

Filling

A
250 gm cheese
30 gm gula icing
25 gm Butter
B
1 biji telor

C
25 gm fresh cream

D
20 gm tepung jagung

Blueberry secukupnya.

Pukul A, hingga licin dan gebu, masukkan B, pukul sebati.
Campurkan bahan B, C, D, kacau sebati, masukkan dalam adunan cheese tadi.

Masukkan blueberry kedalam pastry yang telah dibakar separuh masak. Tuangkan adunan cheese. Bakar selama 180 celcius hingga masak, anggaran 10-15 minit.

Cream Puff

Bahan-bahan:
170 gm tepung gandum
1 sudu kecil baking powder
115 gm mentega
285 ml air
5 biji telur

Cara:
Panaskan oven dgn suhu 180-200 darjah Celsius. Ayak tepung bersama baking powder. Masukkan mentega ke dalam periuk bersama air lalu didihkan. Masukkan tepung, kacau rata-rata sehingga adunan licin dan tidak melekat pada periuk. Angkat periuk dari api dan salin adunan ke dalam sebuah mangkuk dan biarkan ia sejuk. Kemudian masukkan telur satu persatu ke dalam adunan sambil terus pukul hingga adunan licin dan berkilat. Masukkan adunan dalam forcing/piping bag dgn nozzle berbentuk bintang dan tekan untuk membuat bulatan2 kecil. Bakar selama kira-kira 25-30 minit atau sehingga masak. Biarkan ia sejuk sebelum dibuat sedikit belahan(jgn putus) pada puff tersebut. Isikan dgn krim kastad.

Krim Kastad
3 biji telur
115 gm gula
3 sudu besar tepung gandum
1 sudu kecil tepung kastad
225 ml susu cair (sejat)
225 ml air (didihkan bersama susu sejat)
2 sudu besar susu pekat manis
1 sudu kecil mentega
1 sudu kecil esen vanilla

Cara:
Pukul telur, gula, tepung & tpg kastad di dalam periuk. Kemudian, masukkan susu manis dan susu cair yg telah dididihkan ke dalamnya. Masak di atas api yg kecil hingga pekat lalu masukkan mentega dan esen vanilla. Sejukkan sebelum menggunakannya.

Nota:
Dulang pembakar hendaklah digris dgn mentega atau dialas dgn kertas tracing/parchment sebelum krim puff dibakar. Jarakkanlah di antara setiap adunan puff yg telah dibentuk di atas dulang pembakar kerana ianya akan mengembang.