I stumbled upon this recipe for a Strawberry Mascarpone Tart many months back while looking for other recipes but somehow, each time I wanted to go ahead with it, something would hold me back.
Not this time though. I stuck to my decision to do it and thankfully it turned out alright!
Its definitely one of those recipes which looks much harder to pull off than it really is...but in any case, this one will blow a HUGE hole in your pocket...trust me. =(
Got lucky with the strawberries as they were nice and plump without too much of tartness in taste. Macerated strawberries...I had no idea what they were before doing this recipe and now I'm wishing I'd known about them earlier!
Wasn't sure about the blind baking time for the shell though so I resorted to keeping it in the oven for an "extra 5" after 20 minutes (kinda like hitting the snooze button on your alarm. "extra 5" 's are hardly ever a good idea) and paid the price for it with an over baked tart shell that was a wee bit hard.
Time to go raid the fridge! Heh.
