Anne Willan

Tarte au Fromage Blanc

Cream Cheese Tart

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6–8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
top 1000French Regional Cooking
French Regional Cooking

By Anne Willan

Published 1981

  • About

Tarte au fromage blanc is as popular in Alsace as it is in Auvergne.

Ingredients

Pie Pastry

200 g flour

Method

Make the pie pastry* and chill for 30 minutes or until firm. Line the pie pan* with the pastry and chill for 30 minutes. Set the oven at very hot (220°C/425°F) and put a baking sheet into the oven to heat. Blind bake* the pastry shell on the hot baking sheet. Let the pie shell cool, leaving the baking sheet in the oven.

Make the filling: beat the cream cheese with the cream. Beat the su