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How to prepare mascarpone at home – Italian Cuisine

How to prepare mascarpone at home


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.

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Gordon Ramsay’s coffee and chocolate mousse cups

Ingredients

100g (3½oz) good quality dark chocolate (about 60 to 65 per cent cocoa solids)
125g (4½oz) mascarpone
2 tbsp icing sugar
4 tbsp strong espresso coffee, cooled
150ml (¼pt) double cream

To finish

4 tbsp double cream
a little dark grated chocolate
few amaretti biscuits, crushed

You will need:

4 cappuccino cups or ramekins

Preparation

Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir until smooth, then remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool.

Using a hand whisk, beat the mascarpone and icing sugar together until smooth, then whisk in the espresso and melted chocolate.

In another bowl, whip the double cream until soft peaks form. Fold the cream into the mocha mixture until well combined and spoon into cappuccino cups or ramekins. Lightly whip the double cream until thick and swirl it over the mousses. Sprinkle the grated chocolate and crushed amaretti on top and serve immediately.

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