Strawberries with shortbread rounds & mascarpone

Delicious mouth-watering bites, perfect for any tea party

• Cooking: 30 mins
• Serves: 8

What you need:

• 200g mascarpone
• 1 tbsp double cream
• 1/2 vanilla pod, seeds removed
• 1 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
• 200g-250g fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced horizontally
• zest of 1/2 small lemon or orange
• 1 x small pack of shortbread rounds (I used 1 x 160g Lemon shortbread thins)

What you do:

1. Add the lemon or orange zest to the strawberries and carefully stir this through. In a bowl, mix together the mascarpone, cream, vanilla seeds and icing sugar.
2. Place 6 shortbread rounds on a board and arrange a layer of sliced strawberries on top. Then using a teaspoon divide the mascarpone cream between each one, followed by another layer of strawberries. Finish with another shortbread round and a dusting of icing sugar.

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