Here's how to make the most delicious cream there is, just with fresh cream and lemon juice. To eat like this or to use to prepare lots of sweets
The mascarpone it is the essential element for a delicious series of desserts. Soft and creamy, it pleases both adults and children, alone or with other ingredients. Those of you who are not a lover of tiramisu raise your hand. And to make an unforgettable tiramisu, you know, the fundamental factor, the mascarponeIt must be very fresh. So why not try doing it at home? The ingredients are easy to find, it takes only a little 'time and some precision tool, such as thermometer and scale. Here is our recipe.
The mascarpone recipe
Ingredients
200 g fresh cream, 5 ml lemon juice.
Preparation
Put the cream in a saucepan and heat it over low heat, until it has reached the temperature of 85 °. Keep this temperature for 5 minutes and then switch off (if you were to raise by one degree nothing happens). Pour the filtered lemon juice into the cream and stir to mix it well. The cream will start to thicken slowly, forming small lumps. Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare a large bowl, place a colander over it that will line with a tea towel. Pour the cream into the colander and put everything in the fridge for at least 12 hours. When the mascarpone is easily detached from the cloth it is ready to be put in a container and consumed.