Blueberry & Kiwi Cheese Tart

I've been trying to bake these little beauties for a long time now, but couldn't find the time to do it. However, since I just started to share my bakes, decided to give it a try. I love the taste of cream cheese and the sourness of the blueberry. After looking through recipes through Google, this is the simplest (me think!) recipe i could try.

Taken from Inspirasiku ( Thanks :) )

Tart Shell (yields 60 small tarts)

Ingredients:

170 g unsalted butter

50 g icing sugar

1 egg

290 g flour

1 tsp vanilla essence

Steps:

1. Beat the butter and icing sugar well. I used hand-mixer, faster and easier for me :). Make sure you don't  over beat the mixture

2. Add in the egg and the vanilla essence. Beat until the mixture is well mixed

3. Add the flour a little by a little. Roll into a dough. I refrigerated the dough for 15 minutes before using it (just a habit i used to do when I'm baking cookies)

4. Divided the dough to small ball, and press into the tart casing. I think this is the tedious part of making this tart. It took me a whole hour just to do 40 casing. Prick the tart shell with a fork before baking.

5. Bake the shell for 10 minutes at 170C or until the shell turn light brown. Cool the shells before storing it in an airtight container. I did the shell a day before. :)

The cream cheese filling (just enough for 60 small tarts)

Ingredients:

250 g cream cheese ( I used Tartura Cream Cheese)

50 g icing sugar/castor sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Blueberry & Kiwi fillings. (I bought them ready made from the bake supplies. It is less sweet than jam)

Steps:

1. Cream the cream cheese and sugar until fluffy and smooth

2. Add the egg and vanilla essence. Mixed well.

Assembling the tart

This is the fun part :)

1. Fill the tart shell with blueberry/kiwi fillings. I filled the filling into piping bags, its easier that way.

2. Next, fill the shells with cream cheese fillings (again, using piping bag). Make sure you fill up to the brim of the shells.

3. Now, using your creativity, decorate the top with the blueberry/kiwi fillings accordingly.

5. Lastly, bake in the oven for 5-10 minutes at 170C or until the top of the cream cheese are not sticky to touch.

these are mine..Tadaaaaaaaa....

The taste: Divine!! :D

Footnote: my shells are different in colors due to the time they spend in the oven. i was distracted with Facebook, I accidentally left the shells in the oven a bit longer than they supposed to.