Mascarpone cheese for tiramisu on cream

Mascarpone is the base for the cream in Tiramisu dessert, cook at home! Mascarpone is an Italian cheese. It has a delicate creamy taste, snow-white color and soft consistency. It is made from cream, which is heated to a certain temperature and lemon juice is added. It is used to make creams for cakes and desserts.
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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 12 % 3 g
Fats 73 % 19 g
Carbohydrates 15 % 4 g
284 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 d
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Pour cream into a saucepan with a thick bottom. Heat up to 70-80 degrees on a small fire.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Add lemon juice to the cream.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Warm up on the lowest heat for 7-8 minutes, stirring constantly!

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Fold a towel or linen cloth in 2 layers. Put it in a colander with a bowl and pour out the mixture.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Tie and hang in a cool place for a day.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    This amount of cream makes 530 grams of mascarpone cheese.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Store in a glass container for no more than three days.

P.S.: If there is no thermometer:
1. Put the cream on a small fire.
2. Wait until bubbles appear, do not bring to a boil!
3. Add lemon juice. The mass will gradually begin to thicken and flakes will form in it.
4. Put the saucepan back on a small fire and warm up the mass for 7-10 minutes, stirring constantly.
5. Remove from heat, cool, mix with a whisk. You should get a creamy mass without flakes, like sour cream.
6. Fold a towel or linen cloth in two layers, line a colander, place it on a bowl.
7. Pour out the mass and hang it for a few hours in a cool place.
8. Store mascarpone in a cool place for three days.
9. If the cream or dessert will be prepared on the same day, the cheese can already be used in 2-3 hours. Good luck in cooking!

Calorie 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
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g

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