Lemon Cheesecake Tartlets

4.85 (12)
⏱ 15 mins 🍽 Serves 4 🌶 american ✅ Easy 🏷 Dessert

These delightful lemon cheesecake tartlets offer a sophisticated dessert in a fraction of the time. Using ready-made tartlet cases and a simple filling of lemon curd and soft cheese, they are assembled with fresh berries and a cassis-infused fruit sauce. The result is a visually stunning and luscious treat that is ideal for a buffet, lunch, or dinner party, requiring only 15 minutes of preparation.

Lemon Cheesecake Tartlets

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp lemon curd
  • 2 x 200g tubs Philadelphia lite cheese
  • 6 tbsp summer fruit sauce from a bottle
  • 8 sweet dessert tartlet cases (from a pack)
  • 100g blueberries
  • 100g raspberry
  • 1 tbsp cassis (blackcurrant liqueur)
  • icing sugar for dusting
  • fresh mint sprigs

Method

  1. Use ready-made tartlet cases for a professional look with minimal effort.
  2. Combine the lemon curd with the soft cheese, beating until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  3. Place one teaspoon of the summer fruit sauce into the base of each tartlet case.
  4. Spoon a portion of the cheese mixture on top of the sauce in each case, reserving the rest.
  5. Gently mix the blueberries and raspberries together, then arrange them on top of the cheese filling.
  6. Blend the cassis into the leftover summer fruit sauce.
  7. You can now chill the assembled tarts and the sauce for 2-3 hours if preparing ahead.
  8. Lightly dust the finished tartlets with icing sugar.
  9. Using a teaspoon, drizzle lines of the cassis sauce across half of each of four dinner plates.
  10. Place a spoonful of the reserved cheesecake mixture in the centre of each plate.
  11. Position two tartlets on each plate, leaning one against the central cheese mound.
  12. Finish each serving with a fresh mint sprig for decoration.

Nutrition (per serving)

Nutrition data not available.

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryDessert
Cuisineamerican