Homemade Mascarpone Cheese

Do you like mascarpone cheese? It is one of the main protagonists of the delicious Italian tiramisu, but you can also use it in other recipes. It is usually somewhat expensive, so many people substitute it for white cheese or ricotta.

However, it can be made at home with just two ingredients! Find out how to make homemade mascarpone cheese in this article, and in which recipes to use it.

Ingredients to prepare homemade mascarpone cheese

The proportions are always the same, depending on the amount of homemade mascarpone cheese you want to obtain. Depending on how much you want, you can increase or decrease the amount of each ingredient. For example:

500 grams of cream with a good proportion of fat (31%)
30 ml of lemon juice

Steps to follow:

To start, line a strainer with gauze or canvas and add the cream, so that it filters and only the liquid remains.
Then, let it rest for several minutes until it is completely strained.
Next, squeeze the lemon juice and place it in a container, add the drained cream and beat well to thicken it. It will have a “cut” appearance, that is, a little water and a bit of lumps.

Put it back in the strainer and press a little to release more liquid.
Then cover with a canvas and cover with plastic wrap.
Put in the fridge for 24 hours.
Finally, remove from the fridge and beat a little more to make it creamy.
Clever! You already have your homemade mascarpone cheese to enjoy with various preparations.

In what recipes do I use homemade mascarpone cheese? Now that you have learned how to prepare mascarpone cheese, you can not only enjoy the traditional tiramisu, but there are thousands of different recipes that use this ingredient.

Poached fruits with cookies and mascarpone

Poached fruits with crackers and mascarpone cheese

A delicious dessert that is prepared in a few minutes (not counting the preparation of the mascarpone). Here is the recipe.

You need:

1 cup of sugar (200 g)

1 vanilla bean
4 nectarines
4 peaches
8 apricots
3 cookies
Mascarpone cheese in the required quantity
1 and ½ liter of water

preparation:

First, in a saucepan, place the water, the vanilla bean, the sugar and heat over low heat, stirring constantly.
Then, when the sugar has dissolved, let the syrup set (about 15 minutes).
Wash the fruits.
Then add it to the saucepan and cook for 5 minutes.
Remove the fruits and reserve the liquid.
Then cook the syrup a little more so that it is less liquid.
To finish, when they are warm, remove the stone from the fruits and leave the hole.
Arrange in a tray or individual molds as follows: fill with mascarpone cheese, sprinkle with syrup and sprinkle with crushed cookies.

Mascarpone cheese with chocolate

You will not find a richer recipe in your life, we can assure you! In addition, it is simple and very nutritious.

Ingredients:

200 grams of chocolate for desserts

½ cup of liquid cream (100 ml)
½ cup of milk (120 ml)
1 cup of mascarpone cheese (250 g)
4 tablespoons of icing sugar (60 g)
4 tablespoons of butter (70 g)
Vanilla sugar in the necessary quantity

Steps:

Dessert with mascarpone cheese

In a saucepan place the milk and cream and heat until it starts to boil.
Add the chocolate in pieces, stirring constantly so that it melts.
Put the butter and beat with energy.
In a container, add the mascarpone cheese with the vanilla sugar and the icing sugar to form a cream.
Fill individual molds with a layer of warm chocolate cream and a layer of mascarpone.
Repeat the layers until the ingredients are finished.
Refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.