Homemade Mascarpone

The simplest, but very tasty dish with a stunningly delicate texture. Mascarpone is a soft delicacy cheese. It is distinguished by its high fat content and creamy viscous consistency. The ancient origin of this cheese is indicated, first of all, by the abundance of recipes in which mascarpone is used. Because of its pronounced creamy taste, it is most often used in desserts, but not only. It can be part of sauces for Italian pasta and in many second courses. Amateurs can use it in food in its pure form. Each cheese factory carefully preserves the specifics of the preparation of its cheese. It is only known for certain that mascarpone is made from buffalo milk or just very fat. Cream made from this milk undergoes temperature treatment at a temperature of 75 to 90 degrees (in industrial conditions) and lemon juice or wine vinegar (white) is used for fermentation. It did not become a dietary product due to its high fat content, but, in addition to fats, it contains a large amount of calcium, proteins and vitamins. In addition, it is the fat content that it owes to its creamy consistency and tenderness, which makes it indispensable in most dishes. And yet there are recipes for cooking mascarpone cheese in urban conditions. True, we are unlikely to find buffalo milk, but we will try to get out of the situation.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 % 3 g
Fats 74 % 20 g
Carbohydrates 15 % 4 g
298 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 1 d 2 h 20 min
To make cheese at home, you need to pour cream into a saucepan and heat it to 75 degrees (until the first bubbles appear). Dilute citric acid with 1 teaspoon of water and add to the cream. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring continuously, over very low heat.
The colander installed on the pan is lined with a linen towel. We pour our cream here. Now it is necessary, stirring the mass in a colander periodically with a spoon, to allow the serum to drain. About one and a half to two hours. Transfer the remaining mass to a separate container and refrigerate until thickened. About a day.
The output should be about half a kilogram of cheese. A little less.
To get a denser consistency, the "bag" with cheese is suspended for a while so that the remains of the whey "accumulate", and the rest is put in the refrigerator, in a bag, putting pressure on for eight hours. Accordingly, the yield of cheese is less, but the density is greater.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300   kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120   kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300   kcal/100g
  • Citric acid - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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