Passion fruit & guava mascarpone tart from Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store (page 117) by Paola Velez

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  • JuneHawk on April 28, 2025

    Part 2. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup (25 grams) of lemon zest for the filling. That is an obscene amount, and then it gets strained out. I THINK this is to add tartness/zing back into the filling, buy this could be fixed, again, by using less sugar. The author says that you may not be able to fit all the filling in the tart and that's an understatement. I had over 1 cup of filling left. This recipe should have been scaled down a bit to be less wasteful in ingredients like eggs, butter, and passion fruit puree, which are pretty expensive. The guava mascarpone cream is delicious though!

  • JuneHawk on April 28, 2025

    Part 1. As a lover of guava and passion fruit, I was so excited to make this tart. The final result was a let down though. First, the way the author has you put the tart crust in the tart pan is a disaster. It's warm dough and it falls apart. It's best to chill the dough after making it (before rolling), and then will after rolling and before put it in the pan. The latter is not always needed, but unless you're doing something like a graham cracker crust, chilling the dough before rolling it not really optional. The filling has way too much sugar and it completely obliterates the tartness of the passion fruit. All you get is sweet and nothing else, especially since the guava mascarpone cream is also very sweet. I'd try about 1/3 less sugar, to be honest. I wasn't a fan of the texture of the filling once set. It has A LOT of eggs (6 whole eggs plus 8 yolks) AND an entire envelope of gelatin. It's just too much. It also ends up being a bit gritty when it should be smooth.

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