Fruit and cheese filled tart the traditional way

Cherry and sweet cheese filled tart

3 cups flour

3/4 cup sugar

One tablespoon vanilla sugar

Two sticks of butter (225 grams)

2 eggs

One teaspoon baking soda

One teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling

8 ounce cream cheese

1/2 cup farmers cheese

One yolk

1/2 cup sugar

One cup shaved almonds or slivered your preference

Cherries in half pieces 1 1/2 cup soaked in rum and one tablespoon sugar. no pits please

Crust

Beat butter and sugar till fluffy

Add eggs, soda, baking powder, salt flour. Make a nice dough cover in plastic wrap chill for an hour.

Cut dough in half

Roll out a 9!inch crust that is

About 1/2 inch or a little less thickness, into a tart pan

Add the almonds to the bottom crust layer the cheese cheese filling on top.

Make sure you drain the cherries on a paper towels for a few minute before adding them on top of the cheese.

Roll out the other half of the dough to put on the top of the tart.

Decorate with egg white wash lightly and shaved or slivered almonds

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 min to an hour checking often.

Step by step instructions video fir a similar dough recipe

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