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Mascapone! (And Tiramisu)

After much requesting, my mum has finally bought some mascapone cheese from the shops.
This is because I LOVE tiramisu. As in I could live on only tiramisu for the rest of my life and not get bored. Whenever I go out to eat I almost always find a way of persuading my friends to hit an italian place, or somewhere that'll serve my favourite italian pick me up.
I had decided that Pizza Express makes the best tiramisu, but after going there on my birthday to find they were all out of tiramisu and would not whip one up especially, I have lost faith in their dessert and wish to make my own. Hence the purchasing of the mascapone, but there's quite a lot of it, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good recipes (preferably desserts to indulge my sweet tooth) that involve mascapone that I could give a go???
Ideally not a cheesecake.. because I find cheesecake boring to make.

Also, any hardcore fans of tiramisu who have tasted an especially nice one?? Let me know!
Ohmygod! I am like the same as you . Me and my mum were in M&S and we were like ohmygod Tiramisu. and then we brought them because we see it on telly a lot but didn't know what it taste like and ever since, we were in love and brought it as many time as we can.

I've brought some mascapone but yet to make the tiramisu. I have some recipes that I can dig out for you tomorrow but yeah I just thoguht I let you know on my opinion of them haha!

Also M&S does expensive but really nice ones :smile:
Reply 2
Antonio Carluccio's recipe for tiramisu is probably the best I've ever tasted, but it does have raw egg in it so it's not suitable for everyone. Look it up though, it's worth it :smile:
Reply 4
I love Tiramisu too. I've had some pretty amazing ones in restaurants in the past. Although if you want to buy it, I'd go for Tesco Finest tiramisu - it's so good you can just eat it out of the packaging with a spoon. :smile:
Reply 5
The Pizza Express one is fake- they don't make it properly!!

I like the Sainsbury's one- small but cheap and yummy, the one in my restaurant is the best though- it's HUGE and PERFECT!! :biggrin:
Reply 6
heh tiramisu is so easy to make! Though I couldn´t find Mascarpone in England, anybody knows where could it be? But the true Italian one...
Reply 7
Marscapone can be found in almost every major supermarket, in the cheese aisle. It's usually next to the ricotta and mozzerella.
I LOVE Tiramisu :biggrin: :biggrin: Adore this pud sooo much. I hate cheese though!!! I myself find it weird how i can eat yogurt, ice cream bt cant stomach milk or cheese!
Tiramisu is one of the best desserts there is. And I could just eat a pack of marscapone cheese, though it is even better if you add a load of raspberries. A quick and simple dessert that just tastes amazing (in my opinion anyway).