Sweet cheese tart with raspberry sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupFlour
cupPacked brown sugar
3tablespoonsButter
1cupFlaked coconut
½cupChopped pecans or macadamias
1cupRicotta cheese
1cupMascarpone cheese
½cupPowdered sugar
1teaspoonVanilla extract
1teaspoonGrated lime rind pkg. frozen red raspberries in sugar syrup
1Kiwi

Directions

Combine flour and brown sugar, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in coconut and nuts. Press into 9-inch pie plate or 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350F for 15 minutes. Cool.

Combine cheeses, powdered sugar, vanilla and lime rind; process in blender or food processor until smooth. Spoon into crust. Chill one hour. Before serving, thaw raspberries; process in blender to a sauce. Slice and arrange kiwi in a circle around top of tart; drizzle with one-half of raspberry sauce. Serve with remaining sauce.

NOTE: Recipe can be prepared to this point and refrigerated until ready to serve.

Makes 8 to 10 servings. Sauce yields 1 cup.

from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin March 2, 1995 typed by Tiffany Hall-Graham

Submitted By TIFFANY HALL-GRAHAM On 03-15-95