Mascarpone Reviews
Description:Smooth soft cheese made of cow milk. A soft, white fresh cream cheese from the Lombardy region of southern Italy. The cheese is beaten and whipped, and packed in tubs. Wine Partners: Muscadet. Fat Content: 50%.
Newest Review: ... It has a great texture - imagine a really solid cream but not so cloying. It is quite rich, and its certainly got lots of ... more
... calories in it, so its not the sort of thing you can have all the time. Delia Smith uses it in quite a few recepies, so check out her books if you want some ideas. It makes a very good filling for cakes - a cream substitue that goes well with fruit or jam. I would imagine that it would also be excellent for cheescake. You could probably use it anywhere you might normally use cream or fromage frais - it has a lot in common with both, but is a little bit different. I know you can get it from Sainsbury's, and as that&...morePrice Comparison for Mascarpone
by - written on 09/05/01, updated on 10/05/01 (Somewhat useful, 175 readings)
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You may have trouble finding this cheese in supermarkets, and that's because of where it is stored. Marscapone is so soft that you buy it in tubs. Its a very creamy cheese - it doesn't really tase of much - its like a very slightly cheesey solid cream. It has a great texture - imagine a really solid cream but not so cloying. It is quite rich, and its certainly got lots of calories in it, so its not the sort of thing you can have all the time. Delia Smith uses it in quite a few recepies, so check out her books if you want some ideas. It makes a very good filling for cakes - a cream substitue that goes well with fruit or jam. I would imagine that ... Read the complete review
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