2007-09-08 08:33:39 · 11 answers · asked by ashleyadams555 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Italian dessert cheese. Mascarpone is used in various dishes of the Lombardy region of Italy, where it is a specialty. It is milky-white in color and is easily spread. When fresh, it smells like milk and cream, and sometimes it is used instead of butter or Parmesan cheese to thicken and enrich risotti. It is also a main ingredient of tiramisu.
2007-09-08 08:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mascarpone is a triple-creme cheese, made from a generally low-fat (25%) content fresh cream. It's made from the milk of cows that have been fed special grasses filled with fresh herbs and flowers – a special diet that creates a unique taste often described as "fresh and delicious."
Mascarpone is used in regional dishes of Lombardy, where it is a specialty. It generally is used alone (sometimes a bit of sugar is added) or in zabaglione. Milky-white in color, it is a thick cream that is easily spread. When fresh, it smells like milk and cream, and often is used in place of butter to thicken and enrich rissoti.
The cheese apparently originated in the area between Lodi and Abbiategrasso, west and south of Milan, probably in the late-16th or early-17th century. Some say the name came from "mas que bueno" (Spanish for "better than good"), although this may only have been a judgement made by a Spanish official when Lombardy was dominated by Spain. It also may have come from "mascarpa," a milk produce made from the whey of stracchino or aged cheese.
Or, it may come from "mascarpia," the local dialect for ricotta, since both cheeses are made by a virtually identical process. The thought then, is that mascarpone originated as a by-product from other cheeses.
Originally, it was produced in autumn and winter for immediate consumption. Generally, the cheese is sold right after processing and should be used immediately. If refrigerated, it will last about a week.
2007-09-08 08:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by roeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a triple-cream cheese used mainly for Italian desserts. The cheese is a main ingredient in tiramisu.
This link will give you more info regarding mascarpone cheese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarpone
2007-09-08 14:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by nobodyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's like american cream cheese, except mild, sweet like good cream and it's not tangy/sour.
my mom is from verona and we always had mascarpone around. we would eat it on bread with jam and she would make the best pasta ever...
mascarpone, saffron in a bowl.
boil pasta, when cooked, drain, and place in bowl on top of mascarpone and saffron. mix well, residual heat will melt the cheese (but if it's goo dry just add some of the pasta cooking water)
once it's all melted, grate on some parmigiano and have at it.
!Alexiis
2007-09-08 08:50:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mascarpone is a triple-cream cheese made from crème fraîche by denaturing with rennet. Sometimes buttermilk is added as well, depending on the brand. After denaturation, whey is removed without pressing or aging. One can manufacture mascarpone by using cream, tartaric or citric acid, or even lemon juice. Mascarpone is used in various dishes of the Lombardy region of Italy, where it is a specialty. It is milky-white in color and is easily spread. When fresh, it smells like milk and cream, and sometimes it is used instead of butter or Parmesan cheese to thicken and enrich risotti. It is also a main ingredient of tiramisu.
2016-05-19 21:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a former chef and having used it many times, it is a very high fat creamy almost cream cheese type of cheese, used for tiramisu, in savoury fillings like ravioli's, cannelloni's.
It is about 40% butterfat, not something to spread on a bagel and it is not cheap either, more of a cooking cheese, I have made gnocchi and mixed it with veg and stuffed chicken and pork, you can add it to finish a sauce like with the Italian bleu cheese, gorgonzola.
2007-09-08 08:43:15 · answer #6 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soft Italian cheese that is a delicately flavored tripple cream cheese. Often used in the same fashion as whipped cream, and is an important ingredient in Tiramisu
2007-09-08 08:39:50 · answer #7 · answered by jen_major_uno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the Italian version of a cream cheese, a little sweeter, usually used in desserts like tiramisu.
2007-09-08 08:42:38 · answer #8 · answered by ~ Floridian`` 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
italian Cheese......
may use to tiramisu
white like white cheese...
without like yellow cheese time like:
you give a milk, you give a milk and cow runs... and then milked milk you have to it wait...
after waiting it will bicome sour milk and wait wait wait and will be cheese white cheese...
mascarpone is somethign like it I think rather.....
2007-09-08 08:40:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marscapone cheese is Italy's answer to cream cheese.
There are truly great recipes for this cheese....
2007-09-08 08:41:06 · answer #10 · answered by Rob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋