Lemon & Vanilla Curd Cake (irish Cheesecake)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces shortcrust pastry
• 1 1/2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces vanilla sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 lemon, juice and zest of
• 8 ounces cottage cheese
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 egg, beaten
• powdered sugar, to dust

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f (gas mark 4), warm a baking sheet and grease a loose-bottomed flan tin.
• 2 roll out the shortcrust pastry until thin, then line the flan tin with the dough, trimming off any excess.
• 3 chill pastry case in the fridge.
• 4 cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, then beat in the egg yolks, flour, lemon rind, lemon juice and sieved cottage cheese.
• 5 mix well, then spoon into the pastry case.
• 6 mix topping ingredients together and spread on top of the curd filling.
• 7 place the flan tin on the warmed baking sheet and bake for approximately 1 hour or until the top is lightly browned and slightly firm.
• 8 dust with powdered sugar and serve cool but not chilled.