ground rice cheesecake?

[chefpeon]

And foodies in the U.K. know what I'm talking about?

Anyone have a recipe?

Thanks......Annie

[Adam Balic]

Is this a historic recipe or a modern one.

[chefpeon]

An English client of mine said her grandmother from Lincolnshire used to make it.....It was also sold in bakeries. Her recipe was lost when grandma died.....go figure. I almost thought it could have been a Bakewell Tart, but have thought otherwise.

She describes it like this:

It was a tea time specialty, pastry lined with a filling involving ground rice, eggs, sugar and perhaps some flour.  It was baked and served in slices with the centre a cross between cake and a puddingy texture.

[PoppySeedBagel]

I think that there was a recipe in my mum's old Good Housekeeping cookery book published circa 1951: I no longer have this, so suggest that you email Good Housekeeping magazine.

[Adam Balic]

OK, there are lots of different cheesecake recipe in England. Originally, they were made with fresh curds (the cheese), like an extant Yorkshire curd tart, but by the 17th-18th century the curds were often substituted for ground almonds etc.

I have a recipe for Lincolnshire cheese cake at home, but this is of the curd type. I know of other recipes with ground rice, but these are 17th century recipes.

If you want I could post a few recipes and you could try your luck?

[grahamR]

It sounds like Lent Tart to me.

[ludja]

The Lent Tart sure looks to be a likely candidate.

I saw some Bakewell Tart recipes on the web that used a mixture of ground almonds and ground rice.

In some of my cookbooks that focus on older US Southern cuisine and have dessert recipes closer to their English roots there are tarts called "cheesecakes" that are filled with a mixture of ground nuts (almonds or peanuts, for eg.), butter and egg. They contain no cheese.

[chefpeon]

Wow, thanks!

The Lent Tart sounds exactly like it!!!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Annie

[PoppySeedBagel]

I'd actually rather have a Yorkshire curd tart - a genuine cheesecake, even though not called such. Here's Rick Stein's version:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database...art_70382.shtml

[jackal10]

Kent tart:

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recip...me=kentlenttart

[jackal10]

Kent tart:

http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recip...me=kentlenttart

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