Recipe

Double Cheese Tart
with Vanille Bleue

by Thopat Leichnig from Escale Bleue, adapted from Julien Perrinet — Grand Hyatt Taipei

Thopat Leichnig — Pastry Chef at Escale Bleue

Difficulty
Easy

Time
45 min

Quantity
3 tarts (10×5 cm)

Vanille Bleue
2 small pods

Imagine a baked fromage blanc cream topped with a delicate Vanille Bleue whipped cream. This is what we offer in this tart created by our pastry chef Thopat Leichnig, adapted from a recipe by Julien Perrinet, Executive Pastry Chef at the Grand Hyatt Taipei.

Double Cheese Tart with Vanille Bleue

01

Sweet shortcrust pastry

Ingredients
  • Unsalted butter110 g
  • Sugar50 g
  • Trehalose (or icing sugar)20 g
  • SaltTo taste
  • T45 flour144 g
  • Toasted T55 flour44 g
  • Hazelnut flour20 g
  • Egg yolk25 g
  • Fresh eggs20 g
  • Vanilla powder5 g

Take the butter and eggs out in advance so they reach room temperature. Prepare the toasted flour in the oven for 20 min at 150°C and let it cool before sifting with the regular flour.

Cut the butter into pieces in the mixer bowl. Add the sugar, trehalose, salt, hazelnut flour, and vanilla powder to the butter. Mix at medium speed using the paddle attachment until the mixture is creamy and pale yellow.

Add the eggs and continue mixing until the mixture is smooth and creamy, almost like a buttercream. Scrape down the sides with a spatula.

Add both sifted flours. Mix at low speed without overworking; stop as soon as there are no more traces of flour.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough—let it rest for at least 2 hours, ideally overnight.

Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 mm. Line the buttered tart rings using a Silpain mat. Rest in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Blind bake at 170°C for 18-20 min (to have the tarts 80% baked).

02

Baked fromage blanc cream

Ingredients
  • Philadelphia cream cheese150 g
  • Fromage blanc150 g
  • Egg yolk70 g
  • Sugar50 g
  • Semi-skimmed milk50 g
  • Heavy cream (35% fat)50 g
  • Vanille Bleue1 small pod
This step can be done by hand using a whisk and a spatula.

In the mixer bowl, add the cream cheese, fromage blanc, sugar, and Vanille Bleue, then mix at medium speed with the paddle attachment until the mixture is smooth.

Add the egg yolk, milk, and heavy cream one by one.

Pour into the blind-baked tart shells up to ¾ of the height. Bake at 170°C for 25-30 min.

03

Vanille Bleue Whipped Cream

Ingredients

In the mixer bowl, whip the cream with the sugar and Vanille Bleue using the whisk attachment and garnish the cooled tart.

Be careful not to over-whip the cream—it should remain soft and smooth.

04

Finishing

Dust the edge of the tart with icing sugar for an elegant final touch.

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