Simple Faux Pastry Cream

This is divine and can be used in a lot of different ways.

Simple Faux Pastry Cream

1 - 3.4oz box instant vanilla pudding

8oz mascarpone cheese

1-2 cups heavy cream (however much you've got works fine)

Directions:

1. Make instant pudding according to directions (it's usually 2 cups cold milk, add pudding mix, whisk for 2 minutes, but check your box to make sure). 
2. Whisk in mascarpone until it is smooth and no longer lumpy.
3. In another bowl/cup, use mixer or blender to whip cream. 
4. Gently fold whipped cream into pudding/mascarpone mix. 

Notes:

This can be made with ANY KIND of instant pudding mix. Lemon is great with summer fruit. Vanilla is great for homemade tiramisu (coming soon). 

I use an immersion blender to make the whipped cream. Easy cleanup and takes just a couple minutes.

Today I learned how to spell mas-car-pone.