Sinfully Good Cheese Tarts @ Village Grocer

The current hype cheese tarts craze has inspired Chef Foo to create her version of cheese tarts, one that has a light and crumbly pastry filled with soft and fluffy cream cheese. The cheese tarts made using the finest dairy ingredients from New Zealand were launched recently at Village Grocer.

Easy to enjoy, these cheesy tart comes in four flavours- Original, Golden Lava, Matcha and Tiramisu. It can be eaten warm, chilled or even frozen.

Golden Lava (Salted egg yolk)

Matcha

The tarts are baked fresh daily using Anchor cream cheese and parmesan cheese as filling.  Price starts from only RM3.50 per piece.

Keeping to the New Zealand theme, Village Grocer customers could also buy the Anchor dairy products in store to bake their own favourite tarts such as apple tarts and nutty chocolate tarts with New Zealand apples, Pic’s peanut butter and Whittaker’s Dark Ghana chocolates. Here are the recipes: 

Pic's Nutty Whittakers Tart 
(Yield : 20 mini tartlets)

Ingredients :

Butter base (Tart Shell)
Anchor Unsalted Butter +Icing Sugar 150g + 50g
Egg (Grade A) 1 no
All purpose flour + Salt 300g + 2g

1. Combine the butter and icing sugar. Mix well. 
2. Add in egg and mix in dry ingredient, till form a dough.
3. Rest in the chiller for 30 minutes before rolling onto the tartlets mould. 
4. Roll out the dough to 2mm thickness and fully bake the tart shells at 180c for 13 - 15 minutes.

Pic's Nutty Whittakers Filling
Anchor Whipping Cream 200g
Whittakers Dark Chocolate (50%) 200g
Anhor Unsalted Butter + Sea Salt 20g + A pinch

1. Combine cream, chocolate, butter and a pinch of salt in the microwave. Stir till smooth. 
2. Pipe some Pic's Peanut Butter onto the coated tartlets shell. 

Topping
Pic's Crunchy Peanut Butter (Salted) As necessary

Fill the remaining shell with Whittakers Dark Chocolate filling.
Allow the tarts to set in the chiller for 1 hour. Garnish the top with Pic's Peanut Butter before serving.

Jazz Apple Frangipane Tart
(Yield : 30 mini tartlets) 

Butter base (Tart Shell)
Anchor Unsalted Butter +Icing Sugar 150g + 50g
Egg (Grade A) 1 no
All purpose flour + Salt 300g + 2g

1. Combine the butter and icing sugar. Mix well. 
2. Add in egg and mix in dry ingredient, till form a dough.
3. Rest in the chiller for 30 minutes before rolling onto the tartlets mould. 
4. Roll out the dough to 2mm thickness and fully bake the tart shells at 180c for 13 - 15 minutes.

Frangipane Mixture 

Anchor Unsalted Butter + Icing Sugar 225g + 80g

Eggs (Grade A) 2 nos

Ground Almond (Lightly toasted) + Salt 225g + 1g

1. In a mixer, beat the butter and icing sugar till smooth.
2. Add in eggs and lastly, add all dry ingredients and mix till well combined.

Jazz Topping 

Jazz Apples 3 nos (Peeled & sliced) 

Anchor Unsalted Butter (Melted) 2 tbsp

Cinnamon Sugar 

Brown sugar + Ground cinnamon 25g + a pinch

Apricot Glaze

Apricot Jam + Water (Optional) As necessary 

Spread/ pipe the frangipane filling on the baked shells. 

Arrange the jazz apple slices evenly over the frangipane. Brush the apples with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. 

Bake in preheated oven at 180c for 25 minutes until the surface of the tart is golden brown. 

Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack. Brush with apricot glaze. Best to serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 

Pic credit to Kolin

Tart flavours
  Original: A rich, tangy and smooth cream cheese filling on a buttery, crunchy crust
  Golden Lava: A combination of salted egg yolk and cream cheese filling on a buttery, crunchy crust
  Matcha: A must-try for all green tea lovers, filling is made with premium imported Matcha powder and azuki beans
  Tiramisu: An all-time favourite for tiramisu fans, cream cheese is mixed with imported Arabica

“When we were putting together the recipe for the tarts, we looked at ingredients from all around the globe, and settled on a dairy-rich, cheese-based cake using New Zealand dairy,” says Chef Foo.

“We choose to work with the New Zealand produce, which includes Anchor butter, cream and cream cheese because we wanted something rich, but also healthy – we liked the fact that the creaminess comes from happy grass-fed cows and that there is high protein, as well as that the ingredients are fully traceable,” added Chef Foo.

In conjunction with the special launch, cheese tart lovers could get 1 free tart with every 5 tarts purchased. A box of 6 tarts cost only RM15. The promotion is available at all Village Grocer outlets. Head over to www.villagegrocer.com.my/ for the location listing.

Facebook : www.facebook.com/NEWZEALANDFOOD/
Instagram : @NZ_Global 
Hashtag :  #newzealandfood #myvillagegrocer