Lemon Mascarpone Tarts
- 1 1/2 cups (182 g) all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons (30 mL) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) salt
- 1/2 cup (114 g) cold butter, cut-up
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) ice water
- 8 ounces (224 g) mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup (236 mL) whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons (30 mL) powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup (79 mL) lemon curd, room temperature (see below)
- Fresh fruit
- 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (118 mL) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon (10 mL) grated lemon peel
- 1/4 cup (57 g) butter
- 2 eggs, beaten
- To Make the Lemon Curd:
- Combine all ingredients in a heavy, small-size saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly.
- Bring mixture just to the point where some bubbles rise and sauce has thickened, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Use a silicone spatula for stirring, and cook until sauce coats the spatula.
- When you draw your finger across the back of the spatula, the path should remain.
- Strain into small bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Cool to room temperature and refrigerate.
- Heat oven to 425F (220C) with oven rack in middle.
- To Make the Crust:
- Place flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor bowl.
- Pulse about 5 times to mix.
- Add butter.
- Process until coarse crumbs form with some pea-sized pieces.
- Add 3 tablespoons (45 mL) ice water and process until dough begins to clump together.
- Process about 10 seconds.
- If large clumps do not form, add a little more water, 1 teaspoon at a time.
- Place dough on well-floured work surface and gather it together.
- Divide dough into 8 pieces.
- Press each into bottoms of 8 (3-inch 5-cm) tart pans.
- Press firmly against sides of pans.
- Pierce crusts generously with a fork.
- Place tart shells on a baking sheet.
- Bake 12 minutes or until crusts are nicely browned.
- Cool to room temperature before filling.
- Gently release shells from the pans.
- To Make the Filling:
- Beat mascarpone cheese and whipping cream on low speed in bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with the whisk until mixture begins to thicken.
- Scrape down sides of bowl.
- Increase mixer to high speed and beat until soft peaks form.
- Reduce mixer speed to medium.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until mixed.
- By hand, stir in lemon curd.
- There can still be some streaks remaining.
- Divide the lemon cream into the tart shells.
- Garnish with fresh fruit and refrigerate.
- Tarts can be made 4 hours ahead.
flour, sugar, salt, cold butter, water, mascarpone cheese, whipping cream, powdered sugar, lemon curd, fresh fruit, sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon peel, butter, eggs
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/lemon-mascarpone-tarts (may not work)