Tourteau fromagé (French cheesecake)
Tourteau fromagé (French cheesecake)

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Le Tourteau Fromagé is a French cheesecake, one that I mentioned buying during a recent grocery store trip. "Fromagé" means "with cheese", and "tourteau" is a variation on the word "tourte", which means "pie". I happen to find the word "tourteau" very cute - it puts me in mind of a small cuddly animal for some reason. Great recipe for Tourteau fromagé (French cheesecake).

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tourteau fromagé (french cheesecake) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tourteau fromagé (French cheesecake):
  1. Make ready 150 grams flour
  2. Get 75 grams butter
  3. Get 50 grams sugar
  4. Make ready 4 eggs
  5. Make ready 300 grams goat's cheese
  6. Prepare 50 grams cornflour
  7. Get 1 tsp baking powder
  8. Prepare 1 vanilla extract

I've made this before when we were cooking from Around my French Table and I remember it being delicious (though some of my guests thought it was a little goat-y!) so I was interested to make it again. Including the discovery of this not so beautiful cake… the Tourteau Fromagé. The Tourteau Fromagé has a unique round shape and burned top! The name translates to baked cheesecake but the word "tourteau" by itself is actually a type of crab and might be where the shape comes from.

Instructions to make Tourteau fromagé (French cheesecake):
    1. For the pastry. Make the pastry by combing the flour and butter with a pinch of salt. Add a touch of water, if necessary. Rest for about 20 minutes.
    1. For the filling mix the cheese with sugar and egg yolks, corn flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, and then fold in the egg whites.
    1. Roll out the pastry, and line an earthenware dish (or similar pie dish), ensuring that the sides are covered.
    1. Pour in the filling, and place the cheese cake into a preheated oven at 180°C for about 45 minutes. The top should be browned and the filling set.
    1. Allow to cool (it will deflate a little), before serving.

That has worked wonder for this darkened French Cheesecake. What makes it French other than the blackened top? David tells us that this tourteau fromager recipe comes from Poitou-Charentes, the number one region in France for the production of goats cheese. This traditional goats' cheese cake from Poitou-Charentes is a delicious cheesecake with a burnt surface. Follow Chef Philippe's step-by-step, illustrated recipe and enjoy with a cup of coffee!

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