Cream Cheese Crostata With Orange Marmalade Recipes

CREAM CHEESE CROSTATA WITH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• For crust:.
• Mix flour and sugar together on work surface and make a well in center of mixture. Add egg yolk and scatter butter cubes over flour mixture. Using your hands, gently mix the ingredients together until well blended and dough forms. Flatten into disk, wrap in plastic, and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400°F and spray 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom with nonstick spray. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of pan. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 18 minutes. Cool crust in pan on rack.
• For filling:.
• Beat cream cheese, mascarpone, and sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Spread evenly in cooled crust and chill 1 hour.
• Spread marmalade (I let it come to room temperature first) evenly over filling and sprinkle almonds over.
• Can be made 1 day ahead; cover and chill.

CREAM CHEESE CROSTATA WITH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Mix flour and sugar together on work surface. Make well in center of mixture; add egg yolk. Scatter butter cubes over flour mixture. Using hands, gently mix ingredients together until well blended and dough forms. Flatten dough into disk; wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom with nonstick spray. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 18 minutes. Cool crust in pan on rack.
• For filling:
• Beat cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, and sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Spread filling evenly in cooled crust; chill 1 hour. Spread marmalade evenly over filling. Sprinkle almonds over. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

CREAM CHEESE FRITTATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a small (8-inch) ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, and garlic until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl, and let cool slightly. (Reserve skillet.)
• To mixture in bowl, add eggs, half-and-half, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, bread, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; stir until combined. (There may be a few chunks of cream cheese remaining.)
• Pour egg mixture into reserved skillet; bake until set, about 30 minutes. Heat broiler, and broil until top is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting into wedges and serving.

ORANGE CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat all ingredients until smooth. Store in the refrigerator.

ORANGE TURKEY CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Spread cream cheese and marmalade onto bottom half of croissants. Sprinkle with pecans. Top with turkey; replace tops.