Cheesecake Tartlets
One of the four heart-healthy recipes selected for our collaboration with the American Heart Association, these tartlets are a hit on-hand as a bite-sized snack or served as dessert at your next dinner party.
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Ingredients
- 6 tbsp all-natural, no-sugar-added fruit preserves of your choice
- 36 fresh berries (raspberries, large blueberries or strawberries), quartered
Cheesecake filling
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 4 oz fresh goat cheese, softened
- 2 tbsp raw honey
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Lemon shortbread
- 2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
- 2/3 cup organic unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup raw honey
- 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
Preparation
- Prepare Cheesecake Filling: In a food processor, blend both cheeses, honey and vanilla, stopping to scrape sides of bowl, until smooth. Spoon mixture into a piping bag. (Alternatively, use a small resealable bag with a small piece snipped off 1 corner). Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare Lemon Shortbread: In a large bowl, add flour, butter, honey and zest; mix with a fork until well blended and a dough is formed.
- Form into 36 tablespoon-size balls. Place balls in cups of a nonstick mini muffin or mini tartlet pan. Use the back of a spoon or your thumb to press each ball onto bottom and partway up side of each cup (dough should be quite thin) to make an indentation to hold preserves. Spoon 1/2 tsp fruit preserves into each cup.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden and firm. Transfer pan to a rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Remove tartlets from pan and let cool completely on rack, about 20 minutes.
- Pipe about 1 tsp Cheesecake Filling onto each tartlet, then top with berries. Leftover 4 oz Cheesecake Filling can be kept, covered, in refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size 1 tartlet
- Calories 90
- Carbohydrate Content 12 g
- Cholesterol Content 10 mg
- Fat Content 4.5 g
- Fiber Content 1 g
- Protein Content 2 g
- Saturated Fat Content 3 g
- Sodium Content 20 mg
- Sugar Content 5 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content 0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content 0 g