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Strawberries with Shortbread rounds and Mascarpone

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Origin of dish: UK
Type of cooking: No cooking needed

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients (8) :

200g mascarpone
1 tbsp double cream
1/2 vanilla pod, seeds removed
1 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
200g-250g Jubilee strawberries, hulled and sliced horizontally
zest of 1/2 small lemon or orange
1 x small pack of shortbread rounds (I used 1 x 160g lemon shortbread thins)

Method:

Add the lemon or orange zest to the Jubilee strawberries and carefully stir this through.

(Jubilee strawberries are naturally sweeter than other crops so there is no need for extra sugar!)

In a bowl, mix together the mascarpone, cream, vanilla seeds and icing sugar.

Place 6 shortbread rounds on a board and arrange a layer of sliced strawberries on top.

Then using a teaspoon divide the mascarpone cream between each one, followed by another layer of strawberries.

Finish with another shortbread round and a dusting of icing sugar.