Grilled Fruit with Vanilla Mascarpone Custard

DIFFICULTY
Easy Easy
COOK TIME
Under 30 min. Under 30 min.
SERVES
2-4 2-4
Grilled Fruit with Vanilla Mascarpone Custard
Main INGREDIENTS
  • Fruit
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

  • 400g mixed soft fruits such as blackberries, raspberries and figs
  • 250g mascarpone 
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 10g toasted flaked almonds

  • Method

  • 1
    Butter a Le Creuset Stoneware 20cm Heritage Oval Dish.
  • 2
    Wash the fruit and chop any larger fruits into bite-sized pieces.
  • 3
    Arrange the fruit in an even layer in the dish.
  • 4
    Combine the mascarpone with the egg yolks, icing sugar and vanilla seeds, scraped from the pod.
  • 5
    Spoon the mascarpone mixture over the top of the fruit and place under the grill (position the top of the dish no closer than 5cm from the heating element).  
  • 6
    Grill for around five minutes or until the top of the mascarpone custard begins to turn golden brown and the fruit has softened. Remove from the grill with oven gloves and sprinkle with the toasted flaked almonds.
  • 7
    Dust with icing sugar to serve.