Passionate Cheese Tarts

I love baking tarts! Yes i do, and verrryyy much! Why? Coz they're fun and easy, but most most important of all, everyone loves tarts, which means i do not have to worry about who's gonna finish up and stuff. Today i had this passionate mood to re-bake cheese tarts, but before i go into the details, let me explain how this passion came about.

It is pretty warm today (also yesterday), despite that winter is here and the weather has been sunny and very good. Here are some pictures which i snapped from our bedroom window yesterday:

I love this yellow tree which stands on our next door neighbour's garden. Very pretty indeed.

The pretty lake garden next to our house

I just love this kind of weather; not too hot nor cold which was perfect. Not mentioning the clear blue sky and the view from the top balcony. Beautiful. Of course such phenomena is occasional and it doesn't come very frequent, but i'm thankful that it came, especially after my Wednesday winter blog (It was cold and gloomy two days before, and today it was sunny and fine. Cool huh?).

Well basically that was how my passionate mood for cheese tarts came about. Also today is one month after my birthday (I'm 24 and a month di!!!) so making something which i like a lot would sound awesome.

And therefore, i'm proud to present my products on this beautiful sunny day, the 14th Nov.

Blueberry Cheese Tarts



Nutella Hazelnut Cheese Tarts with Strawberries

P/s: Strawberries always come to the rescue, they make everything looks 'pretty' and 'affectionate'.

And more....

Feeling passionate like me? Here's the recipe:

(This recipe is adapted from 'The Joy of Baking')

Cream Cheese Tarts:

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
Ingredients:

125g butter
60g castor sugar
250g all purpose flour
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp water

Method:
1. Sift flour and sugar into mixing bowl.
2. Rub butter into flour mixture until resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Add in egg yolk, vanilla essence and water.
4. Shape dough into ball and refrigerate before using.
5. Shape onto tart moulds and bake at 180C for 10 minutes.


Cheese Batter
Ingredients:
250g cream cheese
20g butter
60g castor sugar
1 egg

Method:
1. Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in egg and beat until well mixed.
2. Pour batter into baked tart shells.
3. Bake at 160C for 15 minutes.