Apple Cinnamon Mascarpone Tart
By: Nesrine
Published: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 1:36pm

Ingredients




For the dough:
1 cup all purpose flour
 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter {cold and cut into small pieces}
For the Filling:
100 grams cream cheese..I used philadephia
100 gm mascarpone
30 gm riccotta cheese
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the topping:
3 large tart apples .peeled and sliced
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the topping:
3 large tart apples .peeled and sliced
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation

1 The Dough::In your food processor..put the flour +sugar and pulse 2 or three times. 2 Add the butter and pulse 6-8 times till you get the coarse cornmeal texture.Pat the dough onto the bottom of a springform pan  one inch (2.5 cm) up the sides of the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge . 3 The filling: 4 Again in the food processor , put the 3 types of cheese (room temprature) 5 And the sugar ...pulse to blend. 6 Add the egg and vanilla and blend again until smooth. 7 Take the dough out of the fridge..pour into your filling and put it back to prepare the topping. 8 The topping: 9 Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl 10 Toss the sliced apples and mix well. 11 Finalization: preheat your oven 350 f. 12 Spoon the apples evenly on your filling mixture..and arrange it nicely. 13 Bake for 40 minutes or until the apple is soft and the filling is set..or when you smell the lovely cinnamon-vanilla odour. 14 Optional----; sprinkle with conf. sugar and almonds. 15 Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream...or even serve cold.. 16 Enjoy!!

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