Tart base:-
Unsalted Butter 100 gm
Icing/ Confectioners’ sugar 50 gm
Salt 1 pinch
Milk 2 Tbl spoon
All-purpose flour 150 gm
Vanilla extract few drops
Mascarpone Cream for filling
Whipped topping cream 100 gm
Mascarpone cheese 100 gm
Vanilla extract few drops
Fruit topping and garnish
Fresh Strawberry
Chocolate /Nuts (Optional)
Directions:
- Sieve flour, salt and keep a side.
- Cream butter and sugar in small bowl.
- Make the dough by mixing all ingredients and keep the dough in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and roll out. Place into a greased tart pan and press it down into the pan and up the sides until it is even all around. Refrigerate the tart for at least 10-15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 170°C. Remove tart from the refrigerator, dock it with a fork and bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before filling.
- Make the filling by mix all in ingredients carefully with a spatula and fill the tart with the same filling.
- Garnish the tart with fresh Strawberry and any other garnish like Chocolate, slice pistachio for colour contras.
Recipe Credit: Chef Jitendra Upadhyay, Pastry Chef, Renaissance Lucknow Hotel.