5 from 9 votes
Easy Irish Cheese Tart Recipe
Irish Cheese Tarts are not only popular in Ireland and the UK but around the world too. It's an easy recipe, involving a shortcrust pastry base filled with a blend of Irish cheeses and fresh thyme, then baked until golden brown.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Servings:
12
Calories:
320 kcal
Course:
Main Course, Lunch, Brunch
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 8 oz flour all purpose / plain.
- 4 oz butter salted
- 8 oz cheese Bits and pieces of cheeses, frozen leftover cheeses etc. See post for which cheeses are ideal, scraps
- 8 oz cheddar cheese Irish style
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp thyme fresh, use only the tiny leaves.
Instructions
Shortcrust Recipe
- Put flour and cut up butter pieces into the bowl of a food processor.
- Pulse until fine breadcrumbs appear (maybe 1-2 minutes.)
- Add cold water (around 1-3 tsp) through the feed chute of the food processor, until a dough starts to form, then stop.
- Remove the pastry dough from the bowl and place on a floured surface. Shape into a disc or ball and start rolling.
- Roll the shortcrust pastry evenly until it is large enough in diameter to cover the bottom of a loose bottomed tart pan.
- Push the pastry into the sides and bottom of the pan and trim off excess pastry. (Don't throw them away, see below "A Tip From Me' section for advice for leftover pasty trimmings.)
- Place the uncooked pastry base into the refrigerator to rest.
Cup of Yum
Cheese Tart Filling Recipe
- Crumble up the Cheddar and any cheese scraps into the food processor bowl.
- Add the cornstarch, egg, and fresh thyme leaves, and pulse until blended.
- Add cut up pieces of creamed cheese. Pulse until well blended.
- Remove the chilled pastry base from the refrigerator and fill with cheese mixture.
- Spread evenly over the pastry and bake the Cheese Tart in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F / 180 degrees C for 20-25 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1piece
Calories
320kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
14g
(28%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Trans Fat
0.3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
74mg
(25%)
Sodium
446mg
(19%)
Potassium
116mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
700IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
345mg
(35%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 320
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1piece | |
| Calories | 320kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 74mg | 25% |
| Sodium | 446mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 116mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 700IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 345mg | 35% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.