Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Marzipan Tarts with Mango Cream

Ingredients
1x250g Pack Puffy Pastry
150g Marzipan (rolled out to 4 equal 6mm thick slices)
2 Fresh Mangos
Lemon Curd
150ml Double Cream (whipped into soft peaks)

Equipment
1 Electric Whisk
1 Rolling Pin (unless you bought ready rolled puff pastry)
1 SHARP Knife
1 Chopping Board
1 Baking Tray

The Good Bit
  1. Pre heat your oven to 220c 450f gas 7. On a lightly floured surface roll out your pastry into an 11inch square then cut this into 4 equal sized squares, then transfer to your baking tray, now cut your marzipan to make 8 triangles. Place 2 triangles into the centre of each of your pastry squares slightly overlapping.
  2. Slice your mangos down each side of the central stone then peel, now cut lengthways around the mango and push down on each end so that it fans out. Place 1 mango fan flat side down on to the middle of each pastry square then drizzle over 1 tablespoon of lemon curd over each.
  3. Bake in your oven for 12-15 minutes until the pastry has risen and is golden. In the meantime, remove any remaining flesh from around the mango stones and stir into the whipped cream. Serve warm with a dollop of cream!!
Serves 4