Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

This Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart is made with a buttery tart crust, sweet vanilla cream cheese filling, and fresh strawberries with a shiny glaze. The perfect easy Summer strawberry dessert.

This is such a beautiful Summer dessert to highlight fresh, ripe, vibrant strawberries. My cute husband is so proud of his garden. Last night he came inside and told me to close my eyes and he wanted me to taste something. It was a juicy strawberry that was perfectly ripe straight from our garden. He was so excited! The strawberry was perfectly sweet with the perfect amount of firmness and so juicy. Since we are so warm in Arizona, our strawberries will ripen early.

This Strawberry Tart starts off with a homemade buttery tart dough, baked in the oven until flaky. Then it is filled with a sweetened mascarpone cheese or cream cheese and whipped cream filling. This tart filling is made with mascarpone or cream cheese whipped with heavy cream and sweetened with sugar. It is light and fluffy with the perfect amount of sweetness. The Strawberry Mascarpone Cheese Tart is topped with fresh strawberries glazed in jam or simple syrup so the strawberries are perfectly shiny.  

What ingredients are in a Strawberry Cream Tart:

• Butter
• Flour
• Milk or Buttermilk
• Cream Cheese or Mascarpone Cheese
• Heavy Cream
• Sugar
• Vanilla or Almond Extract
• Strawberries
• Strawberry Jam

Making a tart dough is so easy! I throw all of my ingredients into a food processor and pulse until the dough comes together. Then you blind bake it in the oven so it is buttery and flaky. I will teach you all of the tips and tricks on how to blind bake a tart crust.

How to blind bake Pie Crust:

Tart shells need to be baked before you fill them, which is called blind baking. 

1. Press the tart pie dough into the tart pan, pressing up to the sides of the pan. Prick the bottom and sides with a fork which helps to keep it from puffing up while it bakes.
2. Line the tart dough with parchment paper. Then place a generous amount of pie weights, uncooked dried beans, or uncooked rice on top of the parchment paper, pressing down on the sides of the tart. The pie weights will keep the dough from bubbling, puffing up, and from slipping down the sides of the pan. These are completely resuable so keep them in a bag for the next time you need to blind bake a tart pie crust.
3. Bake in a preheated oven according to recipe directions. It needs to be a light golden color to ensure it is fully baked. Remove it from the oven and let cool. 

If you love this Strawberry Tart, check out these other Berry Recipes:

• Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
• Raspberry Cream Cheese Pie
• Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

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This Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart is made with a buttery tart crust, sweet vanilla cream cheese filling, and fresh strawberries with a shiny glaze. The perfect easy Summer strawberry dessert.

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Prep Time 25 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

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Tart Crust:

• ½ cup Salted Butter (cut into cubes)
• 1 ¼ cups Flour
• ¼ cup Buttermilk or Milk

Cream Filling:

• 8 ounces Cream Cheese or Mascarpone Cheese
• ¾ cup Sugar
• 1 ¼ cups Heavy Cream
• ½ - 1 teaspoon Vanilla or Almond Extract

Strawberry Topping:

• 1 lb. Strawberries
• Strawberry Jam or Simple Syrup

Instructions

 

Tart Crust:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Add butter, flour, and buttermilk into a food processor. Pulse until the dough forms a ball.
• Roll into a circle larger than the 9-inch tart pan. Press the tart pie dough into the tart pan, pressing up to the sides of the pan. Prick the bottom and sides with a fork which helps to keep it from puffing up while it bakes.
• Line the tart dough with parchment paper. Then place a generous amount of pie weights, uncooked dried beans, or uncooked rice on top of the parchment paper, pressing down on the sides of the tart. The pie weights will keep the dough from bubbling, puffing up, and from slipping down the sides of the pan.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. Carefully, remove the parchment paper from the tart crust and let it bake for about 5 minutes longer. It needs to be a light golden color to ensure it is fully baked. Remove it from the oven and let cool. 

Cream Filling:

• In a cold mixing bowl, whip together cream cheese or mascarpone cheese, sugar, and heavy cream for about 4-5 minutes or until the heavy cream is whipped and fluffy. Fold in vanilla or almond extract. Let chill.

Strawberries:

• Heat jam in a microwave-safe bowl for about 20 seconds in the microwave. Toss the strawberries into the jam to give it a glossy shine. You can also use a simple syrup (heated sugar and water mixture) instead of jam.
• Spread cream filling in the cooled tart crust. Top with glazed strawberries. Refrigerate and chill for at least 1 hour.

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