Strawberry Cheesecake Tart

Name: Strawberry Cheesecake Tart
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 grams All purpose flour; 50 grams Butter; 1 pinch Salt; 2 tbsp Granulated sugar; 1 Egg; 100 grams Philadelphia cream cheese; 50 grams Sour cream; 3 tbsp ○Superfine or caster sugar; 2 ○Egg yolks; 1 ○Grated lemon peel; 1/2 lemon ○Lemon juice; 1 tbsp ○Cake flour; 1 tbsp ○Corn starch; 150 grams Strawberries; 5 tbsp White sugar; 1/2 lemon Lemon juice; 1 heavy cream Whipped cream; 15 Strawberries

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It just so happens to be the season that strawberries appear, and I wanted to bake a X'mas cake tart in this season. Strawberries and cheesecake go together really well. As for the crust portion of the cheese cake, it feels like the love child of cheese soufflé and baked cheese. It is more rich than fluffy, but is lighter than baked. It is moderately sweet, so you can eat as much as you like .

*The trick behind making the tart crust is to not knead it, and to use well-chilled butter. Please look at the other detailed tips and photos as well as the reference recipes . In order to make this well, make sure to return the cream cheese to room temperature. Also, if you use an oven timer when making the cheese filling, whipped cream, and strawberry sauce, then you can save some time. *This time I used about 1 1/2 packs of strawberries. Use this as a frame of reference . Recipe by Koharumama

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Ingredients

8 servings

For the tart base:
150 gramsAll purpose flour
50 gramsButter
1 pinchSalt
2 tbspGranulated sugar
1Egg
For the tart filling:
100 gramsPhiladelphia cream cheese
50 gramsSour cream
3 tbsp○Superfine or caster sugar
2○Egg yolks
1○Grated lemon peel
1/2lemon ○Lemon juice
1 tbsp○Cake flour
1 tbsp○Corn starch
For the strawberry sauce:
150 gramsStrawberries
5 tbspWhite sugar
1/2lemon Lemon juice
Decoration:
1heavy cream Whipped cream
15Strawberries

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Steps

1

Make the the tart crust: Sift the all-purpose flour into a bowl, add the salt, granulated sugar, and chilled butter, and use the back of a fork to mash the butter while you toss the flour over it. Add the eggs once the bigger lumps of butter have disappeared. Continue mashing and mixing with the fork until everything is crumbly as shown in the photo.
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Gather the dough from step 1 into one mass, wrap in plastic wrap, and rest in the fridge for 2 hours. When it has rested, roll out the dough with a rolling pin and press it into the mold. Poke air holes in the bottom with a fork, and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 30 minutes. Let it cool without removing it from the mold.
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Make the tart filling: Make a meringue as shown in the photo with the egg white and sugar until peaks form. Cream the cream cheese and sour cream together in a separate bowl. Add the ○ ingredients to the bowls in the listed order, mixing well with an whisk each time. (Sift in the powdered ingredients).
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Finish the tart: Switch to a spatula, and gently fold in the meringue in 2 batches,. The filling is now complete. Pour it into the tart crust and bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 30 minutes until golden brown, and let cool. Remove it from the mold once it has cooled.
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Decorate: Whip the heavy cream and sugar together to make whipped cream that forms soft peaks. Place half of the whipped cream in a pastry bag, and squeeze on top of the tart in a circular pattern.
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Cut the stems off the strawberries, and set aside 150g for the sauce. Line up as many strawberries as you like on top of the whipped cream.
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Make the strawberry sauce: Place the strawberries for the sauce in a small saucepan with the sugar and lemon juice. Heat over medium heat and cookfor about 5 minutes while mashing up the strawberries with a wooden spatula to make a fairly liquid sauce. Spoon the sauce over the strawberries on top of the cake while it's still hot.
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Finishing touches: After the sauce has cooled, decorate the edges of the tart with the remaining whipped cream. (The cream will melt if you decorate while the sauce is still hot, so be careful). Garnish with a mint leaf and it's done!
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This is what a cut slice looks like. The sauce is so unctuous!
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3/29 I changed the feeling of it a bit, and baked it as a birthday cake for Papa's family＊. Please have fun decorating it in various ways^^.