Lime cheesecake tart

AUTHOR
Zackary Austin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16
  • 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour
  • 250 g Flour
  • 125 g + 125 g + 200 g sugar
  • 2 packages Bourbon vanilla sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 125 g cold butter
  • 5 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 250 g Ricotta
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel and approx. 3 tablespoons juice of 1 organic lime
  • 500 g Edible quark (20 % fat)
  • 1 package Pudding powder vanilla
  • 1 TEASPOON White wine vinegar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Grease a tart mould with a removable base (26 cm Ø) and dust with flour. Knead the flour, 125 g sugar, 1 packet of vanilla sugar, 1 pinch of salt, butter in pieces and 1 egg first with a hand mixer and then briefly with your hands until smooth.

  2. 2

    Roll out the short pastry on a little flour to a circle (approx. 30 cm Ø). Line the tart mould with the pastry, pressing the edges into the grooves. Prick the bottom of the pastry several times with a fork. Chill for about 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    Separate 4 eggs, chill 4 egg whites. Mix ricotta, lime zest, lime juice, 125 g sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar. First add the quark and 4 egg yolks and then the pudding powder.

  4. 4

    Spread the curd mixture on the shortcrust pastry. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: level 2) for approx. 55 minutes. Shortly before the end of the baking time, whisk 4 egg whites and vinegar until stiff, pour in 200 g sugar and continue beating until the sugar is completely dissolved.

  5. 5

    Pour the beaten egg white into a piping bag with a large star-shaped spout (12 mm). Remove the tart from the oven and place it on a cake rack. Turn up the oven: (Electric cooker: 225 °C/recirculating air: 200 °C/gas: level 4) Spray the beaten egg whites onto the cake close together.

  6. 6

    Continue baking for approx. 8 minutes on the lowest rack (gas: see manufacturer). Leave to cool for about 2 hours. Dust with icing sugar.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
330 kcal
CARBS
45 g
FATS
12 g
PROTEINS
9 g