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Italian Lemon Mascarpone Tart

Italian Lemon Mascarpone Tart

Italian lemon mascarpone tart is creamy, tangy, lemony and delicious.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8 slices
Calories 531 kcal

Equipment

  • food processor
  • tart pan
  • frypan
  • cling film

Ingredients
  

Pastry

  • 125 ml sour cream
  • 250 g plain (all purpose) flour
  • 200 g cold butter, cubed

Filling

  • 250 g fresh ricotta cheese
  • 250 g mascarpone cheese
  • cup sugar
  • 2 large whole eggs
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind
  • 80 ml fresh lemon juice

Lemon Slices

  • 1 lemon thinly sliced into rounds
  • cup castor sugar
  • cup water

Instructions
 

Sour Cream Pastry

  • Put the butter and flour into the bowl of a food processor, then pulse until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the sour cream and pulse again until the dough just forms a ball.
  • Form into a flat disk, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 20 mins.
  • Roll dough out to fit a round tart pan 25cm x 2.5cm (10” x 1”) size tin, using a fork poke holes all over the pastry and then fit the pastry into the tin and chill again for 60 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 200c (390f) bake not fan.
  • Trim the excess pastry from the tin using a sharp knife.

Blind Bake

  • Line the pastry case with a double layer of foil and fill with sugar to the top of the tin.
  • Blind bake the pastry case for 15 minutes, then remove the foil and sugar. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes or until the pastry is pale golden and the bottom is dry.
  • While pastry is blind baking prepare the lemon mascarpone mixture.
  • Reduce the oven temperature to 170c (340f).

Lemon Filling

  • Place ricotta and mascarpone into a food processor and process until smooth.
  • Add sugar, eggs and yolks, lemon rind and juice and process again.
  • Put the tart tin on the middle oven shelf.
  • Carefully pour the mixture into the pastry.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until just set; there should be a slight wobble to the centre when you jiggle the tin.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool in the tin, then refrigerate still in the tart tin.
  • Remove from tin and serve.

Lemon Slices

  • Put water and sugar into a frypan over medium heat.
  • Cook until mixture starts to turn golden brown.
  • Slide in lemon slices and cook for a couple of minutes then turn slices over.
  • Cook until slices are well coated with the toffee.
  • Remove slices and place on a sheet of baking paper to cool.
  • Arrange slices over the top of the tart.

Notes

Allow several hours in the refrigerator to cool and set.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 531kcalCarbohydrates: 30gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 25gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 230mgSodium: 369mgSugar: 27g
Keyword Dessert, Italian Lemon Mascarpone Tart, Lemon, mascarpone, ricotta, Tart
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