Tiny Strawberry Fruit Tarts

Tiny Strawberry Fruit Tarts

Mini pastries made with strawberries and mascarpone cheese.

Serves: 24 Save

Ingredients (8)

  • 9½ oz Puff Pastry Cups
  • 1 cup Chopped Strawberries
  • 1 T Sugar
  • 1 cup Mascarpone Cheese
  • or 1 cup Cream Cheese
  • 5 T Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Lemon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. Remove pastry cups from package and break along scored lines. Place cups on an ungreased baking sheet with the circle cut-outs up. Bake 20 minutes, or until golden brown and puffed. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, press down into centers of hot pastry cups to create fillable centers.
  3. Combine strawberries and granulated sugar in a small bowl and set aside.
  4. Beat mascarpone, 4 tablespoons powdered sugar, vanilla and lemon rind with a mixer until light and fluffy. Spoon mixture into the bottom of pastry cups; top with strawberry mixture. Sprinkle with remaining powdered sugar.