45 - mascarpone
Country of origin - italy
Mascarpone is a soft, Italian cream cheese. It's made from heavy cream, which gives it a high fat content and a richer, creamier texture than cream cheese. Mascarpone is often used in desserts, pastries, and cakes as a thick, silky-smooth alternative to cream. It's also a key ingredient in tiramisu, where its buttery flavor balances the bitterness of coffee
Let’s face it,
this cheese is good for one thing and that’s tiramisu, but it is such a titan in the dessert world that it deserves a spot here (Desserts maybe a future top 50 thread). I’m sure I’ve used it elsewhere on occasion.
I used to watch a lot of cooking shows, I can still picture Giada mouthing out mas-car-pone-ay