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Yorkshire curd tart

Name: Yorkshire curd tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250 g shortcrust pastry; 250 g curd cheese or drained ricotta; 50 g butter; 60 g caster sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp lemon zest; 0.5 tsp ground allspice; 60 g currants; 1 pinch grated nutmeg

Allspice-scented curd cheese and currant tart

Features:Vegetarian

Cuisine:

British

Curd tart is the Yorkshire tea-shop tart that was made at Whitsuntide, when farms had more milk than they could drink and turned it into fresh curds. The filling of curd cheese, eggs, currants and a good pinch of allspice is set in shortcrust, so it is creamy, slightly grainy and lightly spiced, a cousin of cheesecake. Market cafés from York to Ripon still sell it by the slice. Chef's tip: use proper curd cheese or well-drained ricotta; soft cream cheese makes it heavy and smooth instead of crumbly.

Total time: 70 min
Difficulty: medium
Serves: 8

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Ingredients

Serves8

9 oz shortcrust pastry
9 oz curd cheese or drained ricotta
1 ¾ oz buttersoft
2 ⅛ oz caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp lemon zest
½ tsp ground allspice
2 ⅛ oz currants
1 pinch grated nutmeg

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Method

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Step 1: Heat the oven to 400°F (350°F fan). Roll the 9 oz shortcrust pastry to line a 20 cm tart tin and chill for 15 minutes.
20 min
Step 2: Line with paper and baking beans and bake 12 minutes, then remove the paper and bake 5 minutes more until dry and pale gold. Turn the oven down to 350°F (325°F fan).
17 min
Step 3: Beat the 1 ¾ oz butter and 2 ⅛ oz caster sugar, then beat in the 9 oz curd cheese or drained ricotta, 2 eggs, 1 tsp lemon zest and ½ tsp ground allspice. Stir in the 2 ⅛ oz currants.
4 min
Step 4: Spoon the filling into the case, level it and grate a little 1 pinch grated nutmeg over the top.
2 min
Step 5: Bake for 25 minutes until puffed and golden at the edges and just set in the middle. A common mistake is baking until it soufflés right up, which makes it crack and weep.
25 min
Step 6: Cool in the tin and serve at room temperature.
30 min

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 340 kcal
Protein: 9 g
Carbs: 33 g
Fat: 19 g
Fibre: 1 g

Nutrition values are estimates.

Recipe by

KrazyBadal

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Good to know

How long does yorkshire curd tart take?: About 70 minutes in total: 30 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook.
How many people does it serve?: 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
Is it vegetarian?: Yes. It has no meat or fish.
What can I use instead of butter?: The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
What can I use instead of caster sugar?: Caster sugar, same amount.

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