How to Make Mascarpone (Italian-Style Cream Cheese) | Food Wishes 

After all, you are the Don Corleone, of your mascarpone

It's so crazy to think I started watching food wishes over a decade ago when I was just a teenager trying to learn recipes for zucchini. Thank you for your unrelenting, amazing, down to earth content.

I love this kind of chef John video, because they are empowering. That sounds silly, but with all these weird food shortages, I can make mascarpone cheese if I can't find cream cheese or regular mascarpone cheese at the store as long as I can find heavy whipping cream. Thanks Chef!

Your JOKING I have been buying cream cheese for the past 30 years and I can make it at home myself? Thank you so much Chef John!

Mascarpone frosting... touch of powder sugar, a few drops of lemon juice and vanilla. Basically like cream cheese frosting, but with mascarpone. It's leagues better, it's just so decadent and rich. You'll want to stuff your face with it, but remember it's much like eating butter with a spoon. So either restrain yourself or have a bunch of lettuce ready! Oh and a little trick that was shared with me by a lovely young Slovakian lady from a village nearby. She makes the best cakes I've ever tried. She made the wedding cake for our.. well wedding :D For all sorts of creamy fillings where you'd normally use butter, substitute the butter with mascarpone. It's pretty much same % of fat (and price, at least in this part of the world) but it turns out much lighter and smoother. Of course, you gotta use butter for the crust and other stuff. Butter makes everything better. Cheers

Chef John has been the only consistent thing in my life that I look forward to. Welcome back Chef!!

I've always wanted to know how to make it. Thanks Chef John.

Darn it Chef John! it is 12:06 am in Trinidad and now I am going to bake bread and make this!

I started following because I love your cadence

I’m definitely gonna make this now, eating this with toast and peanut butter and honey is the best thing ever

Add cherry jam on toast. It's divine.

Looks delicious and smooth! Thank you John

Thank you both so very much! Really enjoy your channel, recipes, humor and knowledge!

Love this. Thanks Chef John. Can't wait to try this out!!!

Thanks, chef john! This is very expensive and sometimes hard to find here in the Philippines, so great help!

WOW!!! I cant believe how easy this is to make!!! Unbelievably easy!!! Thank you so much!!! Can't wait to try it myself!!! Have a beautiful day!!! 🍃🤗🍃

Chef, this was fabulous, thank you! I've just learned how to make homemade mazzorella. This is my next adventure, and it's so straightforward. And yes, it's encouraging and empowering because it's time to make everything at home. It's just time.

Thank you for this! I am obsessed with mascarpone! My fav way to eat it is on some crusty toast with dates. The flavors really compliment each other!

Ey there Chef John, been watching since your OG no-knead ciabatta episode. Stoked to see Tiramisu toast as it's my favorite dessert. Thanks for the many, many years of getting young people into cooking.

OMGoodness! What a game changer. Thanks for showing us how to make this. You make me happy.

This is amazing. When I saw this and decided to try it, I was sure it'd fail and be a huge mess, but it turned out perfectly!

Wowser, this is exactly what I have been waiting for, Chef! Molto molto grazie!!

I'm a long time fan andhave made a ton of your recipes, but this one made me giggle with glee! Absolutely perfect on the first attempt!

Another perfect recipe! Grazie ! 😁👍🙏

Delightfully simple! I'm definitely going to make this sometime soon.

I wanted to see how Chef remove all that cheese goodness from the towel and place it into the perfectly leveled cheese into the jar.. He must be a magician 🎩 😆

Thank you soooooo much for this recipe!!!

Love ❤️ it ☺️ thank you Chef 👩‍🍳 John 🙏

This is incredible! What a fantastic recipe..

This looks so delicious.Thanks Chef John.👍👍👍

I needed this. This recipe was so simple. ✨👌🏽❤️

Always love your videos and recipes!

Absolutely love this video! I've made this recipe for my tiramisu and it is AMAZING!!! Thank you Chef John. I'm about to make it again and used the excuse to refresh with this video. 😁

Just love these recipes

This right here is the best thing you can use for Tiramisu

Cheesus! I'd never thought this was so easy. Thank you sir. I guess I'll be enjoying pick-me-ups a lot more frequently now

I never thought to look up how to make this, I always just buy it when I want to make tiramisu, but it's so expensive. This is going to be a lifesaver for my tiramisu addiction.

Looks great, awesome. So simple and easy.

I love making tiramisu and the price of mascarpone is always prohibitive. I can now finally make all the tiramisu my current suite of pant sizes can accommodate!

I'll be making this - thanks Chef John!

Thank you!

I LOVE cheese. Thank you for showing me this. 🙂

it worked!!!! And how, marvellous, thanks a lot!!! I love your recipes... Your cassoulet, the burger buns, the poutine...

"By people who know things" is my new goto phrase.. thanks!

I love your intros, Chef! Always brightens my day :)

I love to use this on toast with olive tapenade. Incredible! Thanks, Chef John. 🥰💕❤️👍👍

It's that simple? Thank you! I'm making it this weekend!

Thank you for your recipe, can’t wait to try. ❤

Chef john, thank you for your amazing recipes. I followed a lot of them over the past 8 years and they always turn out to be a success. I am having trouble with this one though. Followed the recipe with thermometer but The mixture didn’t set and although i used 4 layers of kitchen towels a lot of the mixture seeped through. Any ideas what went wrong?

I had NEVER heard of mascarpone. THANK YOU!! YUM!!!!

I have been looking for a diy mascarpone recipe for ages! I will have to give this a go. Speaking of going, the clotted cream I made yesterday (CJ recipe, of course) is just finishing its overnight rest in the fridge. Time to try it out!

I never knew that mascarpone or any cream cheese was that easy to make😎... Awesome👍👏👏

Thank you so much for this delish and fun and easy video 🙋

Thank you!❤❤❤

That looks amazing.

Wow, soo much easier than the other cream cheese ..Amazing xxx

Had to give a thumbs up just for the Chuck Mangione reference. As a long-time jazz horn player (trumpet and flugelhorn) he's one of my favorites.

Awesome recipe! Thank you so much. I make labneh but did not know I could make mascarpone so easily.🙏👏👏👏👍

This is great! Thanks!

Awesome cant wait for the tiramisu recipe

Thanks 💜

When I was a kid, living in South Africa, my dad would sometimes take us to an Italian bakery for eclairs. They were filled with "sour cream", rather than pastry cream. I've always wondered what that was because it wasn't the sour cream we know now. Now I'm thinking it was whipped sweetened mascarpone. I'm going to try whipping it to see how it turns out.

I'm definitely going to make this

Best recipe, thanks! 🌹

Oh woweeee cant wait to try this

love this

I'm going to make this for my mom as a gift. Thank you!

I guess you could say that this makes you feel so good!

Great video thank you!

Thank you

Looks easy

Great recipes as usual, thank you. 🇬🇧

Thanks for this.

You're such a genius! Thanks a million! Now I'm off to whip up some fresh whipped cream using some of this beautiful mascarpone. 🥰

YUM! Chef John Rocks!

ChAntilly cake frosting yummy!

Wow! Can't wait to try. I love your voice.

Love this!

Thank you,!❤❤❤

TYVM

I didn’t know I needed to know this, but Thank you !

Sounds yummy!

Aw man. That looks abolutely beautiful!

I need to make this! I've been making "farmers' cheese" and wanted something more like cream cheese. This is it!! Thanks you

Excellent video sir! Cannot wait to make this for a cheesecake.

Master chef Thanks for sharing

Awesome video as always!!!!!

Turns into an absolute beast with that last bit of bread. I'm here for it!

Gonna make this 😁

You are absolutely wonderful.

Thanks that was helpful

Omg this looks divine

Cool....thank you.

Making this for the weekend. Toast, the cheese, and avacado and tomato sounds like an amazing breakfast

Tfs. NowI know how it's made

Awesome!

At the very end...Chef John adds a extra amount on top of the tomato...... That sold me... If its that good, ya always wana add more.

Considering the price of this in stores, this is worth it’s weight in gold! I always wondered…. Thanks so much!

Thank you, CJ :)

Wow Can't wait to try !!!