Easter bunny tart with chocolate eggs

Ingredients

Shortcrust pastry:

• 120 g softened butter
• 80 g icing sugar
• 25 g ground almonds
• 1 sachet vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• 200 g flour

Mascarpone whipped cream:

• 250 g mascarpone
• 40 cl cream (30% fat)
• 50 g icing sugar
• 1 vanilla bean

Decoration:

• colorful chocolate eggs
• dark chocolate

Materials

• Bunny stencil
• Piping bag (optional)
• Round piping tip (10 mm diameter) (optional)

Preparation

• For the shortcrust pastry:
  Mix softened butter, icing sugar, almond meal, vanilla sugar, and salt until creamy. Add the egg and mix. The texture will become crumbly.
• Add the flour and mix with your hands until the dough is smooth and uniform. Shape it into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and flatten it slightly. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  
• Divide the dough in half and roll out the first piece very thinly between two sheets of parchment paper.
• Print the bunny stencil (or your desired shape) and cut out the outline. Place the stencil on the dough and trace the outline with a knife. Repeat with the second piece of dough.
  
• Chill both doughs for 30 minutes, then remove the excess dough.
• Bake both bunny shapes in a preheated oven at 180°C (350°F) for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
  
• For the mascarpone whipped cream:
  Whisk the very cold cream with the mascarpone, icing sugar, and vanilla bean. Once the whipped cream is ready, transfer it to a piping bag fitted with a round piping tip.
• Place the first baked bunny crust on a serving plate (it’s okay if it breaks). Pipe the whipped cream in small dollops over the entire surface of the crust.
  
• Place the second bunny crust on top and apply another layer of whipped cream over the entire surface.
• Add your toppings to the cream: we used colorful Easter eggs, but you can vary the toppings by adding fruit, for example.
  
• Grate some dark chocolate on top, and there you have it: your bunny tart is ready! It will taste even better after a night in the fridge ;-)

Observations

With these quantities, you can make two bunny tarts or several individual mini tarts in addition to your main bunny tart.

Feel free to vary the toppings: fruits, meringues, chocolate bars, chocolate eggs, marzipan...

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