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To demonstrate Solein cheese’s versatility, Borg uses it like mascarpone, mixing it into a pasta filling alongside roasted wild yellowfoot mushrooms and spinach.
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Tamar Adler, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
Pressure-cooking this casserole frees you to whip up a tasty lemon mascarpone cream for a sweet and tangy topping.
—Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
Top tier-Banana mascarpone cream with vanilla butter cake.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 14 Dec. 2022
To serve, slice the cake and top each slice with a spoonful of fig preserves and a dollop of mascarpone cream.
—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
Several dishes that would be stars in other restaurants — Caesar salad with a snowfall of cheese, succulent whole barbecued chicken, bruleed rice pudding enriched with mascarpone — face formidable competition here.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
Then the cake layers are stacked with matcha tea-spiked mascarpone and finished with a dusting of cocoa.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
The pièce de resistance, though, was a layer of creamy caramel mascarpone within each slice, resulting in bite after bite of pure breakfast decadence.
—Megha Mcswain, Chron, 8 July 2022
On top, the bakers prepared a banana mascarpone cream cake.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
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Tamar Adler, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
Pressure-cooking this casserole frees you to whip up a tasty lemon mascarpone cream for a sweet and tangy topping.
—Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
Top tier-Banana mascarpone cream with vanilla butter cake.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 14 Dec. 2022
To serve, slice the cake and top each slice with a spoonful of fig preserves and a dollop of mascarpone cream.
—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
Several dishes that would be stars in other restaurants — Caesar salad with a snowfall of cheese, succulent whole barbecued chicken, bruleed rice pudding enriched with mascarpone — face formidable competition here.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
Then the cake layers are stacked with matcha tea-spiked mascarpone and finished with a dusting of cocoa.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
The pièce de resistance, though, was a layer of creamy caramel mascarpone within each slice, resulting in bite after bite of pure breakfast decadence.
—Megha Mcswain, Chron, 8 July 2022
On top, the bakers prepared a banana mascarpone cream cake.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Italian dialect (Lombardy) mascarpón, augmentative of mascarpa cream cheese
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near mascarpone
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“Mascarpone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mascarpone. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.
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