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    Easter Cheese Tarts (English)


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    List of Ingredients




    1 cup sweet milk
    1 cup sour milk
    1 cup sugar
    4 tablespoons lemon juice
    grated rind 1 lemon
    4 egg yolks
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1/3 cup almonds -- blanched and finely
    chopped
    1 short crust pastry
    2 1/2 cups flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    5 tablespoons ice water
    3/4 cup vegetable shortening

    Recipe



    Sift together flour and salt. Add half the shortening and cut it in with
    fork until mixture is consistency of coarse meal. Add remaining shortening
    and blend until particles are size of a pea. Add water, a tablespoon at a
    time, and work particles together with a fork.Add just enough water to
    moisten. Press dough into ball, handling no more than necessary.roll out
    thinly on floured pastry cloth. Line patty tins with pastry, fitting it in
    lightly. Trim edges evenly, leaving an extra inch around the edge. Prick
    bottom with tines of fork. Press down outer edges of shell with tines,
    first dipping them in cold water. FILLING: Scald combined sweet and sour
    milk and strain through cheesecloth, Beat egg yolks slightly, combine with
    sugar, lemon juice and rind, and salt. Add second mixture to first, fo form
    curd.Fill unbaked patty shells with cheese mixture. Sprinkle tops
    generously with chopped almonds. lBake in hot oven 450-F for 10 minutes.
    Reduce heat to moderate heat 350-F and continue baking until firm. Add a
    swirl of whipped cream before serving and decorate with a candied cherry.

 

 

 


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