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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Almond
Almond cheesecake meringue nests
Scoops of pillowy amaretto-spiked mascarpone top golden sugar meringue nests to make these individual festive desserts.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Italian desserts
Torta caprese
Chef Francesco Mazzei shares his traditional Italian dessert, torta caprese, that's perfect for a celebration or group gathering.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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April seasonal
Spinach and ricotta lasagne
We've put a twist on the classic lasagne with a creamy spinach and ricotta filling. This vegetarian version is finished off with slices of mozzarella...
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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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