White Chocolate and Mascarpone Tarts
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour, plus more for rolling the dough
- 6 tbsp chilled butter
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 7 oz (200g) white chocolate, chopped
- 1 lb (450g) mascarpone
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- About 4 cups raspberries, blueberries, and small strawberries
- Mint leaves and confectioners sugar for garnish
- 6 x 4 in (10cm) tart pans with removable bottoms
- To make the pastry, stir the flour and sugar together in a bowl.
- Add the butter and rub it with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
- Mix the egg yolk with 3 tbsp cold water.
- Add the egg and process until the pastry draws together into a ball.
- Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- On a floured surface, roll the dough into a 1/8 in (3mm) round circle and use to line six 4in (10cm) tart pans with removable bottoms.
- Prick all over.
- Chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400F (200C).
- Line the dough with wax paper and fill with baking beans.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove the paper and beans and bake for 10 minutes more, until the crust is golden and crisp.
- Combine the white chocolate and 1/2 cup of the mascarpone in a heatproof bowl.
- Place over a saucepan of barely simmering water and stir until melted.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add the remaining mascarpone and whisk briskly until smooth, then whisk in the cream.
- Spread in the tart shells.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours, until softly set.
- Mound the berries on the tart.
- Garnish with mint leaves, sift with confectioner's sugar, and serve chilled.
flour, butter, sugar, egg, white chocolate, mascarpone, heavy cream, raspberries, confectioners sugar, bottoms
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/white-chocolate-and-mascarpone-tarts (may not work)