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Creamy Homemade Mascarpone
Only two ingredients to make this Easy Creamy Homemade Mascarpone. This Italian Cream Cheese is perfect as a filling or ingredient in frostings.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Chilling Time
1 d 3 hrs
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 783 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 16 ounces whole cream (also known as heavy or whipping cream with at least 30% fat)
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- In a medium size pot add the cream and place over medium heat, stir with a wooden spoon or rubber whisk, place a candy thermometer in the pot and heat until it reaches 185 F (85 C).
- Remove from heat and continue to stir until the temperature comes down to 140 F (60 C).
- Place the pot back on the heat and bring it back up to 185 F (85 C), continue to stir, then add the lemon juice lower the heat, keeping the temperature at 185 F and heat and stir for 3 minutes.
- Remove again from the heat and bring the temperature down to 140 F (60 C), continue to stir.
- Then pour the cream into a glass bowl, cover with a lid and cover with a tea towel, let sit at room temperature for 3 hours.
- In a clean bowl place a sieve (make sure sieve is not touching the bottom of the bowl), and line the sieve with a clean cotton tea towel or 3 or 4 layers of cheese cloth, pour the cooled cream onto the cloth, then cover with plastic wrap and a clean towel.
- Refrigerate for 24 hours. Enjoy.
- Makes about 1 - 1 1/2 cups.
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Notes
- Homemade Mascarpone should be stored in the fridge and will last up to 3-4 days. Homemade Mascarpone Cheese really shouldn’t be frozen because it tends to separate.
Nutrition Information
Calories
783kcal
(39%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
83g
(128%)
Saturated Fat
52g
(260%)
Cholesterol
310mg
(103%)
Sodium
86mg
(4%)
Potassium
170mg
(5%)
Vitamin A
3335IU
(67%)
Vitamin C
2.8mg
(3%)
Calcium
147mg
(15%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 783
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 783kcal | 39% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 83g | 128% |
| Saturated Fat | 52g | 260% |
| Cholesterol | 310mg | 103% |
| Sodium | 86mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 170mg | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 3335IU | 67% |
| Vitamin C | 2.8mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 147mg | 15% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.