Name: Marroni al Mascarpone (Candied Chestnuts with Mascarpone)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400 g mascarpone cheese; 12 bay leaves; 12 whole chestnuts in syrup or marrons glacés; 2 egg yolks; 2 tbsp whisky; 100 g caster sugar; 4 tbsp single cream; 1 tsp vanilla sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

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Ingredients

2 egg yolks
100 g caster sugar
1 tsp

Method

Beat the egg yolks with the caster sugar, vanilla sugar and whisky to obtain a smooth cream. Beat the single cream into the mascarpone to soften it and then carefully fold in the egg yolk mixture. Put the mixture into a piping bag and pipe 3 equal dollops onto each dessert plate. Top with the chestnuts and then decorate with the bay leaves.