Plum and Rose Tart

This tart tastes as great as it looks.

Makes 1 tart

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 45-60 minutes

4 ripe plums

30ml vanilla sugar

30ml rose water

30ml castor sugar

250g Mascarpone cheese

5ml vanilla essence

100g (125ml) castor sugar

60ml cake flour

30ml rose water

3 eggs, separated

Use one pre-baked sweet pastry case. Recipe

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Cut the plums in half and remove the

stones. Sprinkle the plums with the vanilla

sugar, rose water and castor sugar and set

aside.

Beat the Mascarpone cheese, vanilla

essence and castor sugar together until

smooth. Add the cake flour, rose water and

3 egg yolks and beat until blended. Whip

the egg whites until stiff and fold into the

Mascarpone mixture.

Place the plums in the empty pastry case

and pour the egg and Mascarpone mixture

over. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until the

filling is set.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

Transfer to a cake stand and serve with

whipped cream.

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