Featured sweets "cheese tart". Specialty stores have also opened in various places, and convenience stores are also selling them one after another. At the end of June, Lawson also launched an original brand cheese tart.

"Pure Cheese Tart" (158 yen including tax) is a filling made with 3 types of cheese, put in a lightly baked tart dough and baked. Normally, it is made at a factory in each area, but this time it is all made at one factory in Hokkaido.

If all stores (about 12,000 stores) sell 5 items a day, 60,000 items are needed in just one day. There must be some amazing equipment installed to cover that alone! With excitement, Hokkaido had a special tour of the factory in Obihiro.

What a sweets kingdom Obihiro. Expectations rise!

The factory was in full operation!

Manufactured by Hanabatake Farm, led by President Yoshitake Tanaka. In mid-June, when it's about to go on sale, when I sneak in ... it's narrower than I imagined .

Many machines are lined up in a space full of people because they pass each other, and many staff members are moving their hands. It's like the kitchen of a cake shop in a very busy town (Imagine).


The process is roughly (1) making cheese filling and tart dough, (2) filling the tart dough with filling, (3) baking, and (4) wrapping. There are many processes that are close to handmade, and it takes a lot of manpower.

(1) Make fillings and dough

First, add eggs to the three types of cheese and mix them, then carefully strain them to remove the lumps and make a cheese filling.

Of the raw material cheeses, cream cheese and Camembert cheese are made by Hanabatake Farm without using chemical additives. A little Dutch Gouda cheese is added to this to give it a rich flavor.




On the other hand, the tart dough is made very simply, using only Hokkaido flour, the same sugar (beet granulated sugar), eggs, and additive-free margarine made for this time.

After mixing the ingredients, cut them into a tart mold with a machine and mold them with a special machine. The thickness is about 2 mm. The rugged texture of the dough does not interfere with the taste of cheese, and it is just thin enough to maintain its shape.

(2) Fill the filling

Inject the cheese filling into the tart mold with the dough. Already at this point it looks delicious.