Guava, Vanilla and Ricotta Cheese Tart

This Guava, Vanilla and Ricotta Cheese Tart is a very light cheesecake, with delicate flavors, where the guava dances harmoniously with the vanilla. 😍

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One thing I am very proud of our country is the devotion Dominicans have for their traditional cuisine. No matter our economic status, comfort food is always Dominican food to us. This is a strange way to introduce a decidedly-non-traditional recipe: Guava, Vanilla, and Ricotta Cheese Tart.

And Dominicans don’t only visit Dominican blogs and websites, there is a wealth of recipes out there. After the recipe, I’ll leave a list of my favorite food bloggers for you to check.

Guava, Vanilla and Ricotta Cheese Tart is that slice of heaven.

I love guava, it is a reminder of the bounty of the tropics. I had this idea going around my head for a long, long time. Until I went through a cheesecake stage (there’ll be more coming) and just made it. And then shared with my yoga friends who approved. Now that I know it works, I see myself making more of this and topping it with other fruit jams. The sky is the limit!

Buen provecho!

Guava, Vanilla and Ricotta Cheese Tart Recipe

Guava, Vanilla and Ricotta Cheese Tart Recipe: This is a very light cheesecake, with delicate flavors, where the guava dances harmoniously with the vanilla.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Fusion

Keyword: easy, tartas

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings: 6 porciones

Calories: 820kcal

Recipe Author: Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

For the guava jam

• 3 lb [1.4 kg] of guava
• 3/4 cup of sugar

For the crust

• 8 oz [0.7 kg] of whole-wheat graham crackers
• 1/3 stick (0.20 lb [85.05 gram]) of butter

For the ricotta filling

• 2 cups (1 lb [0.45 kg]) of low-fat ricotta
• 2 medium eggs
• 1 1/2 cup of condensed milk
• 1 vainilla pod

Instructions

Guava jam

• Wash the guavas and separate the seeds from the flesh, make sure there are no seeds left behind as they will remain very hard even after cooking and biting into one may even chip a tooth. Reserve the flesh.
• Mix the seeds with a 1 1/2 quart [1.5 lt] of water and the sugar. Simmer over low heat until the liquid has reduced to a third.
• Sieve to remove the seeds. Add the guava flesh to the liquid. Simmer over low heat until the liquid has further reduced to half. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.
• Mix in a blender until there are no clumps. Return to the heat and simmer stirring over low heat until it becomes very thick.
• Remove from the heat and reserve.

Crust

• Place chilled butter and graham crackers in the food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse brown sugar.
• Pour into a 9″ [23.5 cm] pie pan. Press on the bottom and sides to form the crust. Chill in the fridge for an hour.

Ricotta filling and assembly

• Heat oven to 300 ºF [150 ºC]
• Open the pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a paring knife.
• Mix ricotta, vanilla seeds and condensed milk in the mixer (use paddle attachment).
• Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Pour the ricotta mix into the chilled crust.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cover with the guava jam.
• Chill before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 820kcal | Carbohydrates: 131g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 351mg | Potassium: 1352mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 97g | Vitamin A: 2015IU | Vitamin C: 519.8mg | Calcium: 510mg | Iron: 2.1mg

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