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Honey apple and nectarine tarts with whipped mascarpone

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Ingredients

  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (250g), thawed
  • Flour, for dusting
  • 1 small apple, halved, cored and thinly Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced
  • 1 small nectarine, halved,stoned and thinly Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced
  • 30g unsalted butter, melted
  • 4 tsp caster sugar
  • 4 tsp clear honey, plus extra for drizzling
  • 225g mascarpone cheese
  • 1 tsp orange liqueur

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Honey apple and nectarine tarts with whipped mascarpone

1) Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Place the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and cut into 4 equal pieces. Transfer to the baking tray, well spaced apart.

2)Make a border around the outside of each pastry square by scoring a line with a sharp knife about 1cm in from the edge to create an inner square. With a fork, prick the dough inside the small square. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day.

3) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6.

4) In the centre of each piece of pastry, overlap Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices of apple and nectarine, keeping within the scored border. Brush the fruit with a little melted butter and sprinkle each tart with 1 tsp of sugar.

5) Bake the tarts until the pastry is golden and apples are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove tarts from the oven and brush each one with 1 tsp of honey. Transfer tarts to a cooling rack.

6) Meanwhile in a small bowl, lightly Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk the mascarpone with the orange liqueur.

7) Serve tarts topped with a dollop of the flavoured mascarpone and drizzled with extra honey if desired.