My colleague Maryann James makes a fantastic chocolate cake with mocha mascarpone icing.
The other day, she found a way to work the Italian cream cheese into a salad, of all things.
She started with arugula, spinach and pears. Tossed that with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mixed toasted walnuts with some mascarpone, then threw a hefty blob of that onto the greens.
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"[Bleep-ing] amazing," she pronounced it.
If Maryann's salad has you craving some of that cheese, let me let you in on this:
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The best mascarpone deal around seems to be at Trinacria, the westside Italian deli. It's $5.99 for a 16-ounce tub. The 8-ounce container goes for about that price in a regular supermarket.
Photo by Mascarpone Queen