It is finally the weekend and I have decided to treat my family with something sweet, plus I have a Fiesta Friday organized by thenovicegardener. I attended last week and I met lovely people I was so excited that I forgot to mention it (as usual).
I made a delicious Tarte au Fromage Blanc, it looks like a cheesecake but different in texture. The Tarte au Fromage Blanc is very smooth with an unctuous texture, (very airy too). The origin is Alsace (Northeastern France).
Now let’s go to the party!
Serves 10
Ingredients:
For the crust (pâte brisée):
- 300g of plain flour/all purpose flour
- 130g of soft butter (cold and cut in small cubes)
- A pinch of salt
- 1 egg (whisked)
- 25 ml of water or more depending the texture and the quality of the flour
Method:
- In a bowl add your flour, the salt, the whisked egg and the butter, (you can do the same procedure with a food processor).
- With your fingertips, start to mix all the ingredients together until to assemble the dough.
- Slowly add the water and continue to mix (maybe more water depending the quality of the flour), until it holds a ball.
- The dough now is ready.
- Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and keep it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes remove the dough from the fridge.
- Grease a deep pie pan, (my tart pan is 30 cm long and 4cm deep).
- Roll the dough between two big sheet of parchment paper.
- With a rolling pin, flatten the dough and make a circle shape, the size of your tart pan.
- Peel off the parchment paper from one side, flip the dough over the tart plate and slowly remove the other parchment paper or your plastic wrap.
Final step:
For the filling:
- 1 kg cottage cheese/fromage blanc
- 100ml whipping cream
- 70g of plain flour/all purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 200g of caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Method:
- In a bowl mix the cottage cheese, the whipping cream, 100g of sugar, the vanilla extract and finally add the flour.
- Separate the whites from the yolks.
- Add the yolks and continue to mix energetically.
- In another bowl beat the eggs whites until stiff and add the rest of the sugar.
- Incorporate the egg white to the first mixture delicately with a spatula.
Final step:
- Preheat the oven to 180C degrees.
- Gently pour the mixture into the pie pan.
- Bake for 1.15 hour (maybe more) until the top of the pie is golden brown and the crust cooked.
- Turn off the oven.
- The pie will rise during the cooking and after I suggest you to keep it inside oven off for 5 more minutes because the pie will fall.
- Remove from the oven and place a grid on the pie, re-turn the pie slowly, unmold and let cool upside for 1 hour.
- When it’s completely cold, reverse the pie and put it in a serving dish.
- Serve this Tarte with Redcurant.
The Redcurant gives a tangy texture that goes perfectly with this cheese pie.
Bonne dégustation!
Petite Panière 
This looks delicious! Bring on the weekend!
Thank you!! It even tastes just as good as it looks!
Have a great weekend 🙂
It’s a good way to treat your family! enjoy the we!
Yes, my lovely little family and maybe even myself got treated 😀
Have a nice weekend!
Lovely images. Looks like a simple yet delicious recipe.
Thanks, perfect way to describe it really!
Have a nice weekend 🙂
This looks wonderful!
Thank you 🙂
That looks so tasty, Linda. Sorta like cheesecake, yeah? And serving it with red currants is so interesting. I’ve never had fresh currants before, only in preserves. I don’t think they sell them fresh around here, so I may have to grow them myself. Thanks for joining Fiesta Friday, Linda. I appreciate it! XOXO
Hey Angie, yes I should called it the ” faulse cheescake” :), the difference is the crust and with red currants it’s simply irresistible (you should really grow them!) … and thanks for the party, I enjoy coming all the time, fun, fun. xoxo
Welcome to the party!! I can say for sure I would love to attend a party serving this! Thanks for passing along the recipe!
Haha, thank you 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Looks fabulous!!!
Thank you Elaine.
Lovely simple and delish recipe. 🙂
Thank you Sadia 🙂
That looks quite yummy! I love sweets made with cheese.
Very yummy and I think cheese go very well with desserts.
My goodness that looks delicious! Thanks for this Fiesta Friday!
Thank you and you’re welcome.
Yum 🙂
Yes, so delicious 🙂
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Oh, this looks so decadent and delicious!
Thank you. Oh yes, full of cheese and decadent 🙂
That came out perfect with a golden brown color. Looks great!
Thank you 🙂
Looks absolutely beautiful! Lucky family, to get sweet treats made by you!
Thank you and I always make time to cook for my family and my friends, it’s a real pleasure.
Looks tasty. So interesting with the cottage cheese– is it a substitute for cream cheese? ricotta cheese? Your photos– and currants- are gorgeous!
Thank you, I choose cottage cheese because it’s heavier in texture with this recipe. Ricotta cheese gives a lighter texture, much better for stuffing . I hope it’s help 🙂