Homemade Mascarpone-Italian Cream cheese

Mascarpone is one of the staples of the cheeses in Italy. It can be a Savory cheese or a desert cheese. Depending on how much sugar you add and how long its aged plus the amount of acid added is what determines the sweetness of the cheese. Mine is sweet with pears and nutmeg.

You will need :

Heavy whipping cream or plain yogurt for a healthier version-swaying away from authentic italian
Cheese cloth
Lemon juice or cream of tartar
Saucepan
Mixing bowel

Step 1

Sorry for the foto quality, heat 2 cups heavy cream up to 185 degrees in the saucepan.

Comments

[BlackwhipsAngel]

What do you do with the left over liquid?

[valkgurl]

To keep your cheese cloth from falling into the sieve use CLOTHSPINS to hold the edges. Also rinsing the cheesecloth first in COLD water will help to make sure you don't have any lint and also allow better drainage.

[TheCritic]

Thanks so much. I will have to try this

[FlatLinerMEDIC]

1 tablespoon

[PoulGrym]

This looks awesome! Just wondering if it's 185 Celsius or Fahrenheit. I'm guessing the later. So about 90C. Please correct me if I'm off completely. Thanks!

[FlatLinerMEDIC]

Farenheit I should have said so im sorry

[PoulGrym]

That's Ok, Anyways Creme of Tartar isn't that common in Scandinavia, So I was wondering how much lemon juice instead. As you mentioned that too.

Thanks for confirming it and keep up the yummy recipes.

Cheers!