Mascarpone recipes
Creamy Italian cheese mascarpone works well in both savoury and sweet dishes, adding decadence and a desirably creamy texture. It’s a hero ingredient – have a scroll through our recipe collection and you’ll see why!
- Simple savoury dinners: Wild mushroom and madeira stew, chicken and spinach cannelloni and stuffed chicken breasts
- Creamy desserts: Mascarpone tart with peaches and raspberry cheesecakes
- Italian recipes: Spinach and ricotta lasagne and espresso martini tiramisu
- Indulgent cakes: Best-ever carrot cake, marzipan and mascarpone cake and white forest gateau
Explore our best creamy cheesecake recipes next, flavoured with everything from chocolate to zesty gin and tonic.
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Tiramisu
Pandoro tiramisu tree cake
Smple slicing turns a pandoro into a Christmas tree cake. Douse in coffee liqueur, mascarpone cream and grated choc for a tiramisu upgrade.
Oranges
Poached oranges with mascarpone yogurt and festive granola
Make Christmas breakfast extra special by dishing up poached oranges with a rich mascarpone yogurt and homemade spiced granola.
Strawberries
Balsamic-roasted strawberries with mascarpone
Balsamic strawberries with mascarpone make a seriously good grown-up pudding. Try this low-effort, six ingredient summer dessert today.
Carrot cakes
Best of the best carrot cake
Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.
Almond
Almond cheesecake meringue nests
Scoops of pillowy amaretto-spiked mascarpone top golden sugar meringue nests to make these individual festive desserts.
Fools
Quick lemon and ginger fool
Satisfy your sweet tooth the quickest way there is with a simple lemon and ginger fool. Just throw a handful of ingredients together, sit back and relax.
Celebration cakes
Mango, cardamom and coconut cake
Chetna Makan brings together coconut, cardamom and fresh mango to make a lovely celebration cake that looks beautiful and tastes brilliant, too.
Rice
Venere nero rice with chicory, tuna and orange cream
Eleonora Galasso's black rice salad, with chicory, tuna and orange, would make a beautiful side as part of an alfresco lunch.
Italian desserts
Torta caprese
Chef Francesco Mazzei shares his traditional Italian dessert, torta caprese, that's perfect for a celebration or group gathering.
Stews, casseroles, pot-roasts and slow-roasts
Wild mushroom and madeira stew with walnuts
Get cosy with our full-of-flavour vegetarian stew made with wild mushrooms, garlic, maderia and pickled walnuts. Serve with creamy, buttery polenta.
Italian desserts
Honey tiramisu
This honey tiramisu is a mix between a Russian cake known as medovik and an Italian tiramisu. It uses tea instead of coffee and is sweetened with honey.
Christmas trimmings, sides and sauces
Carrot, parsnip and mascarpone gratin
A make-ahead side dish to serve with your roast dinnerr. This creamy carrot and parsnip gratin with rosemary and bay is a crowd pleaser.
Carrot cakes
Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake
Eric Lanlard's carrot cake with ginger mascarpone frosting is the perfect birthday cake, Easter treat or celebration centrepiece.
Soups
Smoky bacon and tomato soup
This slightly smoky tomato soup is served with crispy bacon, a dollop of creamy mascarpone and basil leaves making it a comforting and nourishing bowlful
Marzipan
Marzipan and mascarpone cake with summer fruit
Looking for a summer cake recipe? Thus marzipan sponge cake is topped with creamy mascarpone icing and oodles of fresh summer fruits.
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