Marscapone Recipes?

Truffled Potato Puree with Mascarpone

Servings: Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

3 1/2 pounds medium Yukon Gold potatoes

6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter

1/2 cup mascarpone cheese

Whole milk

2 teaspoons black truffle sauce or truffle oil

Preparation:

Cook potatoes in pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain, cool slightly, and peel potatoes. Return warm potatoes to same pot. Add butter and mascarpone cheese; mash until smooth. Mix in enough milk to thin to desired consistency. Mix in truffle sauce; season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl.

Ingredient tips: Mascarpone cheese is sold at many supermarkets and at Italian markets. Black truffle sauce is available at specialty foods stores and from cubemarketplace.com.

Fresh Fruit with Mascarpone and White Chocolate Dip

Ingredients:

6 ounces white chocolate

1 cup whipping cream

1 8-ounce marscapone cheese

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fresh fruit, like strawberries, cheeries, peaches, and nectarines

Preparation:

Melt 6 ounces chopped white chocolate with 1/2 cup whipping cream in a medium metal bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Remove the bowl from water and let the chocolate cool to room temperature.

In another medium bowl, whisk 1/2 cup whipping cream, one 8-ounce container mascarpone cheese, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until blended and smooth. Fold melted chocolate into mascarpone.

Serve the dip with fresh fruit; strawberries and cherries are terrific with it, but peach and nectarine slices.

hope these help. good luck and enjoy.

Marscapone is closer to cream cheese than whipping cream. It can be used in place of cream cheese in a cream cheese frosting recipe.

It is also used in savory dishes such a manicotti and is awfully good in mashed potatoes!

It is more like a heavy sweet cream cheese.