Apple-Mascarpone Parfaits

Name: Apple-Mascarpone Parfaits
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 680 grams cups diced peeled Granny Smith apple (about; 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 473 milliliters 2% low-fat cottage cheese; 57 grams 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp butter or stick margarine; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 Tbsps water

This gluten free recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 10g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 290 calories. If you have brown sugar, lime juice, cottage cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add apple and the next 5 ingredients (apple through salt), and cook 12 minutes or until liquid is almost absorbed.

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Apple

Salt

Remove from heat.

Place cottage cheese in a food processor, and process until smooth (about 2 minutes).

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Cottage Cheese

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Food Processor

Add mascarpone, granulated sugar, and vanilla, and process until smooth. Spoon 2 tablespoons cheese mixture into each of 6 parfait glasses, and top each with 2 tablespoons apple mixture. Repeat procedure with 3 tablespoons cheese mixture and 2 tablespoons apple mixture, ending with 3 tablespoons cheese mixture. Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

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Granulated Sugar