What to do with mascarpone?

hollydays

I just bought 4 packs of reduced mascarpone ,but I can't eat it myself . I am going to visit friends on sunday,is there any dessert I could make?

anniemf2508

easiest dessert would be cheesecake, mix the mascarpone with icing sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice and dollop on a biscuit base

eleanor73

I'm pretty sure you can do tiramisu or cheesecake with it?

jools27_2

Tiramisu....double yum!
When the kdis were wee I used to sweeten it a bit, mix with well mashed bananas and put on biscuity base instead of cheesecake.

igaveupnowimback

Soften the mascarpone with little milk or cream then add some cocoa and coffee in litle boiling water. An add melted chocolate instead if prefer. Put into small cups and leave to set. Very rich but lovely served with little biscuits.

Owain_Moneysaver

Lots of ideas here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mascarpone_cheese

It is 40% fat so very rich.

kittycat204

Creamy Potato Gratin

1 red onion sliced
1.5kg potatoes peeled and very thinly sliced
25g butter
25g plain flour
600ml milk
250g tub mascarpone
Salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to gas mark 3
Alternate potato and red onion in a dish
Melt butter in pan add flour stir
Slowly add milk then stir in mascapone add salt and pepper
Pour oven potatoes
Sprinkle with nutmeg

Cover the dish with lightly oiled foil
Bake for 1 hour covered
1/2 hour uncovered



Fallen Angel Coffee Mascapone

Serves 12

Ingredients
Chopped marrons glaces or stem ginger
3 fluid oz coffee essence
4x250g tubs mascarpone at room temp
3 rounded tbsps caster sugar
21/2 fluid oz brandy

In a large bowl, mix the mascarpone and sugar together. Blend the coffee essence, brandy and chopped marrons glaces or steam ginger in. Divide between serving cups or ramekins, lightly cover with clingfilm and chill in the fridge. When you are ready to serve, remove the clingfilm and lightly dust the puddings with cocoa powder. Serve.

v8monkeyboy

Tomato and mascarpone sauce.

1 can tomatoes
2 x garlic cloves chopped
handful basil leaves
salt and pepper

Gently fry the garlic until soft (not brown), add in the tomatoes and cook down a little. Add in the basil, salt and pepper, then blitz with a stick blender or in a blender. Add more salt / pepper to taste.

To buy this in a supermarket would cost you around £3 per small tub, and home made is so much nicer

This is lovely poured over meatballs on a bed of gnocchi and topped with mozzarella; we have this quite often and it takes no time to make.

Josslette

What I did the other day was make a tray of brownies in a 9x9 inch tin, waited til they'd cooled, mixed two packs of mascarpone with some icing sugar and some vanilla bean paste(could you extract).

Then spread it on top and covered the whole thing with sliced strawberries(£1 in morrisons). The people at work loved it and said it tasted amazing

Owain_Moneysaver

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

Tomato and mascarpone sauce.

1 can tomatoes
2 x garlic cloves chopped
handful basil leaves
salt and pepper

Gently fry the garlic until soft (not brown), add in the tomatoes and cook down a little. Add in the basil, salt and pepper, then blitz with a stick blender or in a blender. Add more salt / pepper to taste.

That would be the fat-free dairy-free version :rotfl:

hollydays

Yum,Ok I have decided I am going to make a no bake cheesecake, lime or lemon,I think,as I have some leftover biscuits from christmas,and this will use them up.
Also like the sound of the potato gratin,OH can have this tonight,I am going out.
also if there ois any mascarpone left I may make some of that tomato and mascarpone sauce to freeze.
My diet wont allow it,but OH has less to lose than me.
Many thanks!