Ricotta & Rum Raisin Tarts
Ricotta & Rum Raisin Tarts

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ricotta & rum raisin tarts. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook ricotta & rum raisin tarts using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ricotta & Rum Raisin Tarts:
  1. Get <Basic Shortcrust Pastry>
  2. Make ready 125 g Butter *softened
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup Caster Sugar
  4. Get 1 Egg
  5. Make ready 1 & 2/3 cups Plain Flour *You can add extra 1 tablespoon if Egg is large
  6. Prepare <Filling>
  7. Get 250 g Ricotta *room temperature
  8. Take 125 g Cream Cheese *OR extra Ricotta, room temperature
  9. Prepare 1/4 cup Caster Sugar
  10. Take 1 Egg *room temperature
  11. Make ready 1/2 cup Rum Steeped Raisins OR Sultanas *See https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/11094786-rum-raisins

Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of making other cheeses such as mozzarella and provolone. To make it, the whey is cooked again, giving ricotta its name - the Italian for 'cooked again'. Ricotta has a rich but delicate flavour and a grainy texture. Many regional variations exist, from ricotta Romana, made from sheep's milk (a by-product of.

Steps to make Ricotta & Rum Raisin Tarts:
  1. Beat softened Butter and Sugar until smooth. Beat in Egg and mix well. Add Flour and combine, bring the mixture together, and shape into a thick log. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up.
  2. Cut the log into 12 discs. Flatten each pastry disc and form into a cup shape, and place into each cup. Press the pastry to cover the cup to the top, making the pastry evenly thin.
  3. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  4. Mix Ricotta, softened Cream Cheese and Caster Sugar in a bowl, add Egg and Rosins (OR Sultanas), and mix well. This mixture should be at room temperature or slightly warm.
  5. Spoon the mixture into each pastry cup. Place in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until pastry is browned.
  6. Leave to cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes then move to a wire rack to cool completely.

Ricotta is versatile and can be used in sweet and savoury recipes alike. The fresh, bright, creamy taste of ricotta makes a wonderful addition to both sweet and savoury dishes, lending luxurious body to sauces, thickening mixtures for baking or simply piped onto canapés. As a fresh Italian cheese, it can be bought ready-made or easily created at home - you don't even need any special equipment. Ricotta is a mellow-flavoured Italian soft cheese used to add creamy richness to both sweet and savoury dishes alike. Choose from our ricotta recipes for sweet tortes, pasta dishes, pancakes and classic spinach and ricotta ravioli.

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