mascarpone

noun

mas·​car·​po·​ne ˌma-skär-ˈpō-(ˌ)nā How to pronounce mascarpone (audio)
: an Italian cream cheese

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Don’t skip the mascarpone topping. The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025 The brainchild of the Italian restaurant's former pastry chef, Chase Maus, it's made with Swiss meringue buttercream and mascarpone, giving it an insanely silky texture. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025 Plump agnolotti pasta was a spin on Mexican street corn, packed with white butter, corn, and mascarpone in a sauce of corn stock, fragrant cilantro oil and chile oil finished with cotija and pickled pearl onions. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 This could be a meaty one like Buldak's Cheese Hot Chicken or my personal favorite (as previously mentioned from my visit to the Fancy Food Show), OTOKI Cheesy Ramen in the cheddar and mascarpone flavor. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mascarpone

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Italian dialect (Lombardy) mascarpón, augmentative of mascarpa cream cheese

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mascarpone was in 1932

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“Mascarpone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mascarpone. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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