QUICK MASCARPONE FRUIT TART

Let's make the pastry . Preheat your oven to 200 deg C . Place 2 cups of flour ( plain ) in a processor with 1/4 cup of castor sugar , 150 gm of butter and process till the mixture looks like crumbs . Place 3- 4 tbs of water to make small moist balls of dough . Turn out and bring together on a floured work bench . This amount of pastry will make 6 small tarts ( 6 x 12 cm ) or 1 large tart 22cm . Line the base and sides of your flan / tart dishes . Cover the pastry with baking paper and with rice . Blind bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes . Remove paper and rice , return your flan / tarts to the oven and bake for a further 4 minutes until pastry is well cooked . Now for the filling mix together 1 and 1/2 cups of mascarpone , 1/3 cup of icing sugar with 2 egg yolks until smooth. Spread 2 cups of berries ( your choice , fresh or frozen , if using frozen , make sure the berries are defrosted ) to cover the base of your flan . Spread a thick layer of the mascarpone mixture over the berries . Sprinkle 1/4 cup of soft brown sugar over the mascarpone layer and place under a hot griller for 2 minutes until the bron sugar has melted . Cool , then refrigerate till set.