One of my favorite recipes from Cooking Light is for Rick Patent's Lemon Butter Crunch. The bars are delicious, but I thought it might be fun to make a lime variation and make a tart instead of bars. This reduced fat Key Lime Tart was the result.
For this rendition I used lime instead of lemon and baked the recipe in a 9 inch removable bottom tart pan. The tart slices neatly and the texture is smooth and creamy. It's perfect for dressing up with a little fruit and berries, which is what I did here. This was taken after about 6 hours of chill time rather than the full 8.
Recipe
Reduced Fat Key Lime Tart
Reduced Fat Key Lime Tart (adapted from a Cooking Light recipe)
Ingredients
Crust:
- ⅓ cup butter room temp
- ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground mace or freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour very lightly spooned and swept
Filling:
- 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 3 ½ tablespoons key lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9 inch removable bottom tart pan with cooking spray.
- Prepare crust. Place first 4 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add flour to butter mixture, and beat at low speed until well-blended (or just stir it in by hand). Press crust into prepared tart pan.
- To prepare filling, place cottage cheese in a food processor; process 2 minutes or until smooth, scraping sides of bowl once. Add 1 cup granulated sugar and remaining ingredients, and process until well-blended. Pour filling over crust. Bake at 350° for 20 22 minutes or until set (the edges will get lightly browned), and cool on a wire rack. Remove sides of pan and chill for 8 hours.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
marye
thanks for visiting! I had forgotten about that white chocolate one! It was hard to choose as you can imagine.
Your blog look fabulous. 🙂
Sue
Thanks for the comments Anna! Your opinion is very helpful. I'll certainly give this a try when I have my friends over.
Sue
Anna
Sue, I loved it. I gave a few slices to a friend and she gave it a thumbs up. If you dress it up with whipped cream and fruit, it's quite impressive.
I wouldn't make it without the fresh nutmeg. It really gets your attention and in a good way.
Sue
Well.......how did it taste? I don't think you said so far. Would you serve it to guests? I'm having "ladies" for lunch next month and I was going to make Key Lime Bars that I found elsewhere on the net, but if this is tasty, AND healthier, I'll give it a go. One of the "ladies" just had a pacemaker implant, and healthier seems wise.