Christine Manfield

Vanilla Mascarpone

Preparation info
  • Makes

    700 g

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Paramount Desserts
Paramount Desserts

By Christine Manfield

Published 1998

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Ingredients

  • 2 limes
  • 1 litre pouring (35 per cent) cream
  • 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped

Method

  1. Zest and juice the limes.
  2. Bring the lime zest, cream and vanilla bean to a vigorous boil in a deep stainless steel saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes until the cream separates.
  3. Add the lime juice and citric acid to the cream mixture and bring it back to a boil. Simmer for 1 minute, then remove from the heat. Pour the cream through a fine-meshed sieve or mus