Mascarpone Mandarin Cups

 Mascarpone Mandarin Cups

Makes 12 small cups

500g Mascarpone cheese

3 egg yolks

½ cup sugar

2 cans mandarin orange slices (juice reserved)

12 lady finger cookies

Orange zest (for decoration)

Rum (optional)

12 disposable plastic wine glasses

Whip egg yolks and sugar in a mixer until creamy and thick.  

Add the mascarpone cheese and blend until fluffy.  (If you’d like a thinner consistency, add one or two tablespoons or the mandarin juice).  Put the mixture in a piping bag (or use a spoon if you don’t have one).

Strain the mandarin pieces reserving the juice.

If using rum, mix a couple of tablespoons of rum into the reserved mandarin juice.

Cut the ladyfingers into four pieces each.

Layer the dessert as follows into plastic wine glasses:

Layer of mascarpone mixture.

Two lady finger cookie pieces.

Pour a tablespoon of the juice/rum over the lady fingers.

4-6 mandarin slices

...do this twice, finishing off with a layer of the mascarpone mixture.

Top the dessert with a piece of orange zest.