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Homemade Mascarpone
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Homemade Mascarpone
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Date04.24.2012
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Homemade Mascarpone
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I first encountered mascarpone in an Italian chain restaurant. Going out on a limb, I suggested ordering dessert, a feat I only reserve for the most elite occasions. Tiramisu, my friend ordered for us as I nervously propped the dessert menu back on t
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I was in the middle of the long stage of my life known only as Afraid to Try New Things, a stage that most certainly applied to food. I knew very little about Tiramisu. In fact, the entire sum of my knowledge about it came solely from the picture on
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The first bite of Tiramisu, however, was bliss. As was the second and third, as I fought to devour the dessert faster than my friend could keep pace.
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Homemade Mascarpone
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Once I started baking (and properly eating), mascarpone cheese found its way into some of my most beloved desserts. It was bittersweet, however. Mascarpone was (and is) an incredibly expensive cheese—nearly eight dollars at the local market—so I
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I wish someone had told me that you could make your own mascarpone cheese years ago. Someone to not only inform me that it was possible to make, but that it was dead simple to do so.
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I want to be that someone for you.
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Homemade Mascarpone
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Cheese making can certainly sound like an intimidating art form but I'd argue that, in the realm of art, creating mascarpone ranks in difficulty somewhere among drawing stick figures. This cheese only requires ten minutes of active time out of your d
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Two dollars.
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I will never buy a tub of mascarpone at the supermarket again.
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Homemade Mascarpone
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Homemade Mascarpone looks and tastes just as the store bought version. It's also quite simple to make, only requiring a couple special tools, and is drastically cheaper to cook up on your own. Mascarpone cheese isn't very good to eat by itself (imagi
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Homemade Mascarpone
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Adapted from a dozen sources, all using the same ingredients in the same amount
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Yields about 1 1/2 cups
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2 cups heavy cream, pasteurized (but not ultra-pasteurized)
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1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
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