Sintra cheese tartlets

Ingredients

• 250 g well-drained fresh cow’s cheese
• 170 g sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 whole eggs
• 50 g flour
• 35 g butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 12 small shortcrust pastry shells

Step-by-step method

1. Heat oven to 190°C and line little tart moulds with shortcrust pastry.
2. Mash the well-drained cheese until smooth.
3. Beat together sugar, yolks, eggs, flour, melted butter and cinnamon, then mix in the cheese.
4. Divide the filling among shells without overfilling.
5. Bake 20–25 minutes until the edges are golden and centres are firm and cooked through.