Strawberry Mascarpone Dessert Cup

Serves: 5

Floy Nolan

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

56

Spice

52

Sweetness

50

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Water

3 tbsps

Kirsch

3 cup

Heavy Cream

1 cup

Lemon Juice

3 cup

Mascarpone

2 large

Egg

Directions:

1

For the syrup: Combine the sugar, water, and Kirsch in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil

2

Let cool completely

3

For the ganache: Place the chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl

4

In a medium saucepan, heat the cream over medium until steaming; pour over the chocolate

5

Let sit until room temperature and cover with plastic

6

Transfer to the refrigerator to chill at least 4 hours

7

For the strawberry puree: Combine the strawberries, lemon, and Kirsch in a medium saucepan; cook over medium heat until it softens and has a jam-like consistency, about 5 minutes

8

Chill completely (can be kept in the refrigerator up to overnight)

9

For the mascarpone cream: In an electric mixer, combine the mascarpone, cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thickened

10

Stir the strawberry puree into the ganache

11

In 8 dessert cups, layer the mascarpone cream, ladyfingers dipped in syrup, strawberry ganache, dipped ladyfingers and mascarpone

12

Top with whole strawberries

13

Refrigerate until ready to serve