Marbled Kabocha Squash and Cheese Tart
- 1 Any pastry base (18 cm)
- 200 grams Kabocha squash (peeled and de-seeded)
- 1 Whole egg
- 50 grams Sugar
- 100 grams Cream cheese
- 100 ml Milk
- 1 tbsp Rum
- 1 tbsp Pure cocoa powder
- 1 dash Milk
- Prepare the tart base.
- Seefor instructions.
- Bake the tart base at 160C for 35 minutes and leave in the tart tin to cool.
- Remove the seeds from the kabocha squash and microwave until soft.
- Peel the skin.
- You need about 1/4 of a kabocha squash.
- Add the kabocha squash and ingredients marked with to a food processor or mixer and blend together until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the tart base.
- (Any batter left in the mixer will be used later for the marbling.)
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Add the cocoa to the warmed milk and mix with 2 tablespoons of the kabocha squash mixture.
- Mix until it is thick but still runny and strain.
- Note: Strain the mixture as if there is any cocoa powder left, it will be hard to pipe the mixture.
- Melted chocolate can be used instead of cocoa.
- Make a cone out of parchment paper as shown in the photograph.
- Fill with the cocoa mixture and twist to seal off the top.
- Hold it at the bottom.
- Snip the tip off the cone so that the mixture comes out and pipe it as shown in the photograph.
- Try not to get any mixture on the sides of the tart.
- Pass a chopstick or similar utensil through the mixture vertically to create the marbled pattern.
- Turn the preheated oven down to 160C and bake the tart for 30 minutes.
- Once cooked, leave to cool, then wrap it and place it in the refrigerator to chill.
- You could make this with a Halloween theme.
- Have a look here for instructions.
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pastry base, egg, sugar, cream cheese, milk, cocoa, milk
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/145545-marbled-kabocha-squash-and-cheese-tart (may not work)