Lemon Berry Mascarpone Tarts Recipes

LEMON BERRY MASCARPONE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 and place rack in center of oven.
• Using a hand mixer or bowl mixer, mix butter and sugars in a large bowl until well blended.
• Add salt, lemon juice and lemon zest and mix till well incorporated.
• Add flour and mix. At first the dough will crumble and fall apart.
• Remove dough from bowl and set on a cutting board or counter and gently knead with hands until dough forms a ball.
• Take dough in segments and press into tart pans. Start with the bottom and then build up the sides, Dough should be about a 1/4" thick all the way around.
• Use a fork to poke holes in the bottom of dough.
• Place tins on a cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle dough with granulated sugar and bake for 25 minutes or until dough is cooked and slightly golden.
• Remove from oven and allow cool completely.
• Fill with mascarpone/lemon curd mixture, top with berries, sprinkle with powdered or course granulated sugar, remove tart from tin and serve. Each tart is enough to serve 2 people.
• Use a fork or hand mixer to mix mascarpone and lemon curd until smooth.
• Fill tarts, top with berries. Sprinkle with sugar,

LEMON BERRY TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Place frozen puff pastry sheet on a work surface dusted with flour. Allow to thaw for 2 to 3 minutes. Using a 1 1/2 to 2-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out 12 round pieces. Place pastry rounds on the prepared baking sheet. Using a slightly smaller round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out inner circles in each pastry round, leaving them in place. Brush each pastry round with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and puffed, 13 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool completely before filling.
• Cut around the small inner circle of each pastry round and gently push it down. Fill each tartlet with lemon curd and top with a blackberry. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

LEMON MASCARPONE TART

Steps:

• Prepare crust as directed, using pistachio nuts. Press mixture evenly in bottom and up side of 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, beat 3/4 cup mascarpone cheese, the sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon peel with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Add lemon juice, 2 tablespoons whipping cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until well blended. Add eggs and egg yolk, beating on low speed just until combined. Spread filling evenly in chilled crust. Place sheet of foil on rack below tart in case of spillover.
• Bake about 35 minutes or until filling is set but center still jiggles slightly when moved. Cool on cooling rack 1 hour. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• In chilled large bowl, beat 1 cup whipping cream and 3 tablespoons mascarpone cheese with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Stir in honey and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread over top of tart. Garnish with lemon peel. Remove side of pan before serving.

EASY LEMON BERRY TARTLETS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the thawed raspberries and confectioners' sugar; mash with a fork. Spoon into tart shells., In another small bowl, combine cream cheese and lemon curd. Pipe or spoon over filling. Top with fresh raspberries if desired.

LEMON MASCARPONE BRûLéE TARTS WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Make shells:
• Cut butter into 1/2-inch pieces. In a food processor combine flour, pecans, sugar, and salt and pulse until finely ground. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk and pulse until a dough just forms. Form dough into a flattened disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Press dough (about 1/3 cup for each shell) onto bottoms and up sides of eight 4 1/2-inch fluted tart pans with removable rims. Prick bottoms of shells all over with a fork. Freeze shells 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Arrange shells in a shallow baking pan and bake in middle of oven 18 minutes, or until golden. Cool shells in pans on a rack. Shells may be made 1 day ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
• Make filling:
• In a heavy saucepan combine butter, 3/4 cup sugar, and lemon juice over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally until butter is melted. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring, and remove pan from heat. In a bowl whisk together whole eggs, yolks, and remaining 3/4 cup sugar until thick and pale. Add hot butter mixture in a stream, whisking constantly, and transfer to pan. Cook mixture over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until thick and just beginning to boil. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into a heatproof bowl and stir in zest. Cool lemon mixture completely, its surface covered with buttered wax paper, and chill at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
• In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together mascarpone and cream until thick and smooth. Fold in 1 1/2 cups lemon mixture, reserving remainder for another use, until combined well.
• Divide filling among shells, smoothing tops. Chill tarts, loosely covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Make sauce:
• In a blender puree sauce ingredients and pour through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids.
• Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon superfine sugar evenly over each tart and caramelize with a blowtorch, moving flame evenly back and forth over sugar (not crust) until melted and caramelized, about 30 seconds. (Alternatively, caramelize sugar under a preheated broiler. If using broiler, cover crusts with pieces of foil to prevent burning.)
• Serve tarts with raspberry sauce.

BERRY TART WITH MASCARPONE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• On a floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough into an 11-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fit into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim. Roll rolling pin over top of shell to trim dough flush with rim and with a fork prick bottom of shell all over. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell in middle of oven 20 minutes and carefully remove foil and weights or rice. Bake shell until golden, about 10 minutes more, and cool completely in pan on a rack. Shell may be made 1 day ahead and kept in pan, loosely covered, at room temperature.
• In a bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer beat together mascarpone, cream, and sugar until mixture holds stiff peaks. Spoon mixture into shell, spreading evenly.
• Quarter strawberries and in a large bowl combine with remaining berries. In a small saucepan simmer marmalade and liqueur, stirring, until reduced to about 3 tablespoons and pour over berries. With a rubber spatula gently stir berries to coat evenly. Mound berries decoratively on mascarpone cream. Tart may be assembled 2 hours ahead and chilled. Bring tart to room temperature and remove side of pan before serving.