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Baked vincotto tartlet with slow roasted grapes and mascarpone cream

INGREDIENTS
200gm Mascarpone
140gm Icing sugar
350ml Cream
70ml Vincotto
125gm Caster sugar
½ Lemon zest
3 Eggs
2 Yolks
800ml Grape juice
600gm Seedless red grapes
250gm Plain flour
70gm Butter
50ml Milk
125gm Blackcurrent jam
METHOD
  • Combine sweet pastry (250gm flour, 90gm icing sugar, 70gm butter, 2 yolks, 50mls milk). While resting, slow roast grapes for extra flavour and presentation.
  • Reduce grape juice from 800mls to 160mls.
  • Mix tart filling in a separate bowl (250ml cream, 125gm caster sugar, zest, 3 eggs, 40ml vincotto and 1/2 of grape reduction). Set aside.
  • Roll out pastry and rest for second time.
  • Prepare cream mix (Mix 200gm mascarpone, 100ml cream, 50gm icing sugar and 30ml vincotto). Set aside.
  • Blind bake pastry for 5 mins and again without baking beads for 5mins on 180′C. Once cool, egg wash and bake a third time for another 2mins.
  • Cool pastry and add tart filling. Bake for around 30mins at 130′C until just set and allow to cool.
  • Mix remaining grape juice reduction and 40mls vincotto for sauce decoration.
  • Spread mascarpone cream over cooled tart and cover with grapes. Brush with melted blackcurrent jam.
  • Serve with grape sauce.

Enjoy!

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-- Brian and Sally Trevitt

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