Roberta Hall McCarron

Cream cheese pastry

Preparation info
  • Makes

    500 g

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Changing Tides: A Cookbook
Changing Tides

By Roberta Hall McCarron

Published 2024

  • About

This was one of my favourite recipes from my time at Twelve Triangles – salty, buttery, crumbly deliciousness! It makes twice as much as you need for the tarts, but you can freeze the other half, well wrapped in cling film.

Ingredients

  • 250 g plain flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp

Method

Place the plain flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a food processor and pulse a few times to mix everything evenly.

Add the butter and pulse until it’s like breadcrumbs, then add the cream cheese and egg. Pulse very quickly until it just starts to come together, but be careful not to over mix. Turn it out on to your work bench and use your hands to mould it into two fat discs. Wrap