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    Mini Fruit Tart with Mascarpone Cream

    Published: Feb 19, 2016 · Modified: Aug 21, 2019 This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 28 Comments

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    Easy Mini Fruit Tart with Mascarpone Cream recipe. These mini fruit tarts are filled with lemony mascarpone vanilla cream inside crispy phyllo shells and topped with fresh mixed berries.

    Mini  Fruit Tart with Mascarpone and Berries are actually easy to make and quite healthier than other dessert options.  It's an easy dessert recipe to feed a crowd, especially for Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, Easter, or summer parties.

    Easy Mini Fruit Tart with Mascarpone Cream

    These mini fruit tarts deliver a lot of taste. You can use regular sugar or sweeteners like Splenda if you want keep down your sugar intake.

    The crispiness from baked phyllo makes it fun to eat, and these are easy to find pre-made at any grocery store.

    These mini fruit tart with mascarpone cream only takes 10 minutes of cooking time, news to your ears I’m sure if you’re like me and always short on time.

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    The Best Filling for Mini Fruit Tart

    I am a huge fan of mascarpone with its smooth and creamy texture, a great ingredient for sweet or savory dishes.  If you’ve never tried it you are in for a treat.  For those of you that don’t like it this dish can still be a hit as cream cheese works well as an alternative. 

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    The Best Toppings for Mini Fruit Tart

    On a final note, I always like to integrate natural foods like fruits and vegetables into as many dishes as possible.

    The vibrant colors of a few different types of berries make these dessert tarts attractive in more ways than one.

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    I used organic berries as I really do feel they taste better.  It’s fun to make jams, purees, and other fruit-based ingredients for desserts but they are beautiful and tasty in their natural form, too.

    The mint garnish adds a nice complimentary taste for those that like a little kick of freshness.

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    How to Make Mini Fruit Tart

    Step 1. Prepare the Phyllo Tart Shells
    • Pick the right size of the pan. You can use 2½ to 4-inch custard or muffin cups or a mini tart pan.
    • Grease the inside and the rim of the pan before you line it with phyllo sheets.
    • Place 1 sheet of phyllo on a sheet of wax paper. Brush it with butter. Cover with a second sheet of phyllo. Brush this layer with butter as well. Repeat with 2 more sheets of phyllo, ending with a layer of butter. Cut the stack of phyllo sheets into 4 x 4.5-inch squares.
    • Place one square into a muffin cup, easing it in with the backs of your fingers so that it covers half the bottom and hangs over the side of the cup. Ease in a second stack, slightly overlapping the first to cover the other half of the muffin cup. Repeat the steps to make more phyllo cups.
    Step 2. Bake the Phyllo Tart Shells 
    • Preheat the oven to 350°F.
    • Bake the tart shells for 10 minutes or until browned and crisp or follow the cooking instructions on the product packaging.
    • Carefully remove tart shells from muffin cups. Let them cool completely for about 30 minutes.
    Step 3. Prepare the Filling 
    • In a bowl whisk together mascarpone, cream, fresh lemon zest, vanilla, and sugar or sweeteners of your choice until the mixture holds stiff peaks.
    • Spoon the mascarpone mixture into the shell, spreading evenly.
    Step 4. Serve 
    • Mound berries and mint decoratively on mascarpone cream.
    • Serve the mini fruit tarts at once or chill up to 3 hours before serving.

    Did you make this recipe? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below! I'd appreciate it. 

    5 from 4 votes

    Mini Fruit Tart with Mascarpone Cream

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    Mini  Fruit Tart with Mascarpone and Fruits are actually easy to make and quite healthier than other dessert options
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Desserts
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6
    Calories 430 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 Phyllo dough, (store-bought)
    • 4 tablespoon butter , (melted)
    • 1 cup mascarpone
    • ⅓ cup well-chilled heavy cream
    • 3 tablespoon white sugar or sweeteners, like Splenda
    • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • fresh mixed berries
    • fresh mint

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Butter the inside and the rim of 2½ to 4 inch custard or muffin cups.
    • Place 1 sheet of phyllo on a sheet of wax paper. Brush it with butter. Cover with a second sheet of phyllo. Brush this layer with butter as well. Repeat with 2 more sheets of phyllo, ending with a layer of butter. Cut the stack of phyllo sheets into 4 x 4.5 inch squares.
    • Place one square into a muffin cup, easing it in with the backs of your fingers so that it covers half the bottom and hangs over the side of the cup.
      Ease in a second stack, slightly overlapping the first to cover the other half of the muffin cup.
      Repeat the steps to make more phyllo cups.
    • Bake for 10 minutes or until browned and crisp or follow the cooking instructions on the product packaging. Carefully remove tart shells from muffin cups. Let them cool completely for about 30 minutes.
    • In a bowl whisk together mascarpone, cream, fresh lemon zest, vanilla, and sugar or sweeteners of your choice until the mixture holds stiff peaks. Spoon mixture into shells, spreading evenly.
    • Mound berries and mint decoratively on mascarpone cream. Serve at once or chill up to 3 hours before serving.

    Nutrition

    Sodium: 320mgCalcium: 70mgVitamin C: 1mgVitamin A: 953IUSugar: 1gFiber: 1gPotassium: 50mgCholesterol: 76mgCalories: 430kcalTrans Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 19gFat: 32gProtein: 6gCarbohydrates: 28gIron: 2mg
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    Comments

    1. Jeanette

      February 19, 2016 at 3:10 pm

      That looks AMAZING!!! I will have to attempt this one for sure I would like to eat this right off the page!

    2. Amanda

      February 19, 2016 at 3:52 pm

      These cups look almost too good to eat. Love the crunch and fresh fruit additions.

    3. tara pittman

      February 19, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      I love the fruit in these. These would make a great guilt less treat.

    4. Morgan @ Morgan Manages Mommyhood

      February 19, 2016 at 5:19 pm

      Yum! These look delicious!!

    5. Elizabeth O.

      February 19, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      You always make the most beautiful and yummy looking dishes! This one is a favorite and I'd love to be able to do it at home. I'm just not sure if it will look this good! Lol. Thanks for the recipe, it's really delightful.

    6. Mhaan Arambulo (

      February 19, 2016 at 8:01 pm

      Oh my! That is super colorful and looks incredibly delicious!

    7. Nicole Herose Cochingco Escat

      February 19, 2016 at 10:08 pm

      What a nice and yummy idea 🙂 This really looks delicious. Perfect to share with friends.

    8. Ana De Jesus

      February 20, 2016 at 4:20 am

      What camera do you use it makes the delicious recipe look even more delectable!

    9. Terri Ramsey Beavers

      February 20, 2016 at 5:26 am

      These look so simple and delicious. And just too cute too. I love the flaky crust surrounding the fruit.

    10. TB

      February 20, 2016 at 5:51 am

      These look so beautiful! I don't bake with Splenda often, but I need to consider more. I would love to make these for my sister's baby shower.

    11. Heather

      February 20, 2016 at 7:13 am

      I've never heard of mascarpone before but it looks amazing! Perfect for breakfast!

    12. Claudette Esterine

      February 20, 2016 at 8:04 am

      That looks heavenly!!!!

    13. Katarzyna

      February 20, 2016 at 8:53 am

      They look beautiful! I want to make them like, NOW! But since the sweetener you used is not available where I live and I don't want to use real sugar (trying to cut it from my diet) - do you think I could use stevia instead?

    14. Jeanine

      February 20, 2016 at 8:54 am

      Yum. These look amazing - your photos are just beautiful. I'd love to give these a try, for sure. Anything with mascarpone is something I'm willing to try!

    15. KHB

      February 20, 2016 at 5:25 pm

      Now I'm hungry! Pictures are amazing. I may have to give these a try but with sugar in the raw. Thx!

    16. Marielle Altenor

      February 20, 2016 at 7:43 pm

      Love the bright colors of the mini fruit tarts! The only time I have ever use mascarpone cream was for tiramisu.

    17. Dogvills

      February 20, 2016 at 10:20 pm

      These are too pretty to eat! Your pictures are amazing. When I try this, I hope I can make them as beautiful.

    18. Debbie Denny

      February 21, 2016 at 4:57 pm

      Oh love Splenda and Phyllo. This is a good idea and recipe.

    19. Healing Tomato

      February 21, 2016 at 6:05 pm

      I love splenda and this Tart looks HEAVENLY!

    20. jeni hawkins

      February 21, 2016 at 7:20 pm

      These look awesome!!! I am going to try this!

    21. Fashionable Librarian

      February 22, 2016 at 9:51 am

      This is beautiful...looks like art rather than something to eat. I feel like I could just stare at this and not eat it....awesome

    22. Melissa Bernardo

      February 23, 2016 at 1:05 pm

      What a beautiful dessert! I want to eat my computer screen! Lol!

    23. Ayesha Heart

      February 25, 2016 at 9:39 am

      Oh delish! Too cute to eat 🙂 Thanks for sharing. I'm gonna try this on weekends for the kids.

    24. indigo lorae

      February 29, 2016 at 3:16 pm

      this looks soo good!

    25. Kristen Dixon

      August 12, 2016 at 5:56 am

      Hi!! These look so good, and I'm so excited to try them this weekend! I just had two quick questions... In the cooking instructions, at what point do you put them in the oven and then for how long do you bake them? The recipe says 20 minutes and then up in your article it said no longer than 15. Thank you so much for your help!!

    26. Mohammad Obaid

      June 07, 2017 at 11:35 pm

      5 stars

      Very nice recipe, keep up the good work.

    27. Karen McCarley

      November 30, 2021 at 4:10 pm

      5 stars
      This is so delicious! The phyllo is so crispy and flakey! The filling is perfect and not too sweat. I used a slice of strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, and canned mandarin orange. Glazed the top with diluted orange jam. The problem is I eat too many!

    28. Rika

      November 30, 2021 at 5:24 pm

      Hi Karen,

      Thanks for giving your feedback. I am glad that you liked this mini fruit tart recipe and indulged. 🙂 Your toppings sound delicious, thanks again for sharing!

      Best,

      Rika

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