Mascopone cheese

[trionam]

I have a tub of this left after a cheese cake I tried to make ended in disaster, Never going to attempt another sweet receipe again i'm hopeless. Can anyone suggest some savoury recipes I could try to use the remaining cheese.thanks

[spudqueen]

Oh go on, have another try! I have a recipe for a sweet using mascapone and it's easy:

Italian Trifle

Drain 2 X 400g tins peaches in syrup, save juice
Grate rind of 1 orange. Then cut orange in half and squeeze and 1 tbsp peach juice.

Blend peaches (in a blender!)

into bowl goes:
Pureed peaches
4tbsp icing sugar
4 drops almond essence
1tub mascapone cheese
Mix it all with a whistk.

Into glass dish:
layer of amaretti biscuits
cover each with spoonful of juice/rind mix
layer yellow mix
layer of amaretti biscuits
cover each with spoonful of juice/fing mix
final layer of yellow.

Stick in fridge over night. Next day decorate wiht flaked toasted almonds and a couple of amaretti biscuits if you like.

[spudqueen]

Got an even easier one-

Chocolate cream pie

6oz crushed digestive biscuits mixed with 3 oz melted butter and pressed into a tin

Melt 5oz plain chocolate in a bowl. Add one carton of mascapone cheese - stir well and add 1oz of icing sugar. Pour onto the biscuit base and chill before serving.

[LeedsRhinos]

Fry a chopped red chillie with some chopped bacon and mushrooms. At the same time boil a pan of spaggetti. When the spag is cooked drain and put in the chillie/bacon/mushroom and mix in. Then put in the mascopone and gently heat and stir untill the cheese is blended in. It is very nice and very easy.

[ewand]

One more very very easy one:

Poach some peaches in half a bottle of red wine (with clove, cinnamon stick and star anise) till soft.  Mix mascapone with a few drops of vanilla extract. Place a spoonful of vanilla cream inside each peach half then drizzle with the reduced syrupy poaching liquid.

[trionam]

stars for everyone great ideas there thanks, spudqueen i think i will start with the chocolate cream pie and maybe work my way up to the second one.