The most unusual recipes with mascarpone

Cream cheese mascarpone with a high fat content is made on the basis of cow's milk and cream. The native land of its origin is northern Italy. Mascarpone has a rich, sweet and slightly tart taste, slightly reminiscent of butter. The final product of the production process is a thick cream with a soft texture, white or cream color.

Mascarpone is an excellent source of calcium and calories. But it can not be consumed in pure form and in large quantities, since this can lead to obesity and atherosclerosis. The fat content in dry matter reaches 50%.

By the way, all recipes with mascarpone concern not only desserts. Of course, on its basis are prepared such delicious delicacies as tiramisu, cakes and pastries. But mascarpone is perfectly combined with other types of cheese. In addition, it is used quite often in the preparatory processes for a number of sauces and main dishes. Mascarpone is well suited for pasta or sandwiches. Therefore, the question of what to cook from mascarpone, you can give a fairly simple answer - a lot - and the first and main course, and dessert.

For example, a delicious and unusual soup with olives and mascarpone cheese. To do this, add to the boiling water rice, potatoes, olives and olive oil. All this cook for 5 minutes. After that, add the mascarpone cheese and mix everything in a blender, seasoned with salt and pepper. Serve the soup hot or cold, decorating a piece of cheese and olive. For the taste in the soup, you can add anchovies or a spoonful of capers.

The recipes with mascarpone of the main dishes are quite diverse. This cheese is great for making sauce for pasta, as a filling for nalistniki, ideal in combination with spinach and tasty with rice. For example, you can prepare scallops with mascarpone cheese. To do this, in a saucepan, melt the butter, add olive oil, garlic and a handful of chopped parsley. After that, add chopped mushrooms, asparagus, season to taste with salt and pepper. In this sauce add scallops and dampen everything together for several minutes. In another pan put mascarpone, milk and a little butter, cook, stirring constantly. Serve with garnish, which can be used as pasta.

There are also numerous recipes with mascarpone and vegetables. Very tasty stuffed potatoes. To do this, you need to cook the prepared root vegetable to ¾ of its softness (that is, slightly to not make it ready) and cleanse the skin. Then cut the potatoes in half and take out the spoon with a spoon, which is mixed with mascarpone cheese, parsley, salt and pepper. The filling should be put in prepared molds from potatoes and sprinkled with hard cheese. Bake for about 10 minutes in an oven at 160 ° C.

A great way to pamper yourself and guests can be a cocktail of tiramisu, which includes mascarpone cheese. The recipe for making this drink is quite simple, it acts refreshingly and gives a good energy boost. For this mix you need only a few components - actually cheese, milk, coffee, cocoa and amaretto. All ingredients must be mixed in a blender, add sugar to taste. Pour over cups or high glasses, sprinkle a little cocoa. If you add a few ice cubes to the mixture, this dessert will become even more refreshing and frothy.

But the most unusual in taste recipes with mascarpone - in combination with fruits. It is ideal with raspberries, strawberries, watermelon or kiwi. With mascarpone, you can prepare a melon on the grill. First you need to prepare a cheese sauce. To do this, dip a fig into boiling water and cut into strips, chopped nuts and cherries cut in half. Add chopped nuts, cherries, 1 teaspoon of honey and figs to the cheese. Mix everything. Cut the melon in half, remove the seeds with a spoon and cut into three parts. Peel the peel, and grease the lobules with a brush moistened with honey. Pieces of melon should be put on the grill and fried for a minute on each side. Put the fried melon on the plates and pour the prepared sauce, adding a mint or melissa leaf.