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.
