Name: Mascarpone Puff Pastry Delight
Ingredients: 2 Puff pastry shells -; (4" dia); (available at most groceries); 1/4 c Mascarpone cheese; 2 oz Pancetta; browned,; And rendered of excess fat; 2 tb Chopped toasted hazelnuts; 1 tb Fresh chopped chives; 2 tb Unsalted butter; 1 c One-inch-cut asparagus pieces; blanched, cooled; (or fiddlehead ferns; cleaned, blanched); 1 tb Chopped shallots; 1/4 c Chopped tomatoes; 1/2 c Chicken stock; Salt; to taste; Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste

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Randy Alcorn

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains, Meats		Essnce07	2	servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Puff pastry shells -; (4" dia)
		(available at most groceries)
1/4	c	Mascarpone cheese
2	oz	Pancetta; browned,
		And rendered of excess fat
2	tb	Chopped toasted hazelnuts
1	tb	Fresh chopped chives
2	tb	Unsalted butter
1	c	One-inch-cut asparagus pieces; blanched, cooled
		(or fiddlehead ferns; cleaned, blanched)
1	tb	Chopped shallots
1/4	c	Chopped tomatoes
1/2	c	Chicken stock
		Salt; to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper; to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake pastry shells for 4 minutes. Combine the
mascarpone, pancetta, hazelnuts, and chives. Season with salt and pepper,
and fill the two puff pastry shells with the mixture. Place on a sheet tray
and bake for 10 to
12    minutes. Meanwhile, heat a medium saute pan with 1 tablespoon of
the butter, add the asparagus and shallots. Cook for 2 minutes. Add the
tomatoes, and stock, boil and reduce for 2 minutes. Stir in the remaining
butter and season with salt and pepper. Ladle this mixture onto your
plates. Remove that lovely thing from the oven and place atop the vegetable
ragout. Garnish. This recipe yields 2 appetizer servings.
Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse From the TV FOOD
NETWORK - (Show # EE-2176 broadcast 04-30-1997) Downloaded from their
Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - [email protected]
~or- [email protected]
05-08-1997
Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse
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