Simple Cheese Tart with Holiday Sauce
Ingredients
1 ¼ cups
graham cracker crumbs
1 cup
sugar, divided
5 tbsp.
Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, melted
12 oz.
cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup
sour cream
1 ½ tbsp.
Kowalski's Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (from the Produce Department)
1 tsp.
Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract
12.5 oz. jar
Stonewall Kitchen Holiday Jam (or any high-quality fruit spread or jam)
¼ cup
water
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine crumbs, ¼ cup sugar and butter; toss with a fork until well blended.
- Press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up the sides of an 11" removable-bottom tart pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden-brown and firm to the touch (6-8 min.); cool completely.
- Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Thoroughly mix in remaining sugar, sour cream, juice and vanilla.
- Spread filling in cooled crust; chill for 4 hrs.
- Pour jam and water into a medium saucepan; cook over medium-low heat, stir continuously, until jam melts into a smooth sauce.
- Remove pan from heat; cool to room temperature.
- Drizzle sauce over chilled tart; serve immediately.
Find It!
- Stonewall Kitchen Holiday Jam is available seasonally in the Deli Department. Availability may vary by market.
