Cheese-based recipes range from appetizers and quick breakfasts, to light tasty lunches and festive dinners. There are dozens of ideas that go beyond the classic fondue or cheese cake and can make excellent pairing with various assortments of red wine.
We have compiled a list of 3 mascarpone cheese dishes that taste and look well next to a glass of wine.
Mushroom Campanelle
Campanelle Italian pasta look like bellflowers. However, you can also cook it with tagliatelle.
The recipe works well as a rich dinner for six. For best results, choose a creamy variety, such as the award winning mascarpone cheese developed by Cello.
What You Need to Do
- Bread: Melt ½ spoon of butter in a skillet until the foam cools down. Add bread crumbs and stir until they become crispy golden.
- Pasta: Add salt water in a large pot and boil it. Then, cook the pasta al dente. Keep 1 ½ cups of pasta water for flavor purposes.
- Sauce: Met 3 ½ tablespoons of butter and add 1 pound of assorted stemmed mushrooms and cook. Season with salt and pepper. Remove brown bits. Add ¼ cup of mascarpone cheese and ¾ cup of pasta water. The sauce should become creamy.
- Dish: Pour pasta over the sauce and mix gently. Cook for 3 minutes and add the remaining cup of pasta water.
Wine Pairing Suggestions
Pasta is rich, while mushrooms have an earthy texture. They both blend exceptionally with a rich but balanced and fruity red wine, including Nebbiolo.
Asparagus Lemon Risotto
This recipe works as an entrée, side dish or even a full vegetarian dinner.
To enjoy full flavor of this dish, we recommend siding it with asparagus or light chicken breast grill. Choose a creamy and fresh mascarpone cheese for this recipe for 2.
What You Need to Do
- Prepare: Zest and juice two lemons and keep one peeled yellow part. Then, chop 2 shallots and a clove of garlic. Also, cut 3-4 basil leaves. Keep ½ cup of dry vermouth at hand.
- Sauce stage 1: Heat the saffron, broth and lemon peel in a saucepan. Then, cover the pan.
- Sauce stage 2: Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a different pan and add shallots and garlic and cook. Season the rice with salt and pepper, then add cook it in the same pan for 1 minute.
- Sauce and meal: Add the wine and cook until it evaporates. Then, add 6 cups of warm water and cook until it evaporates twice. Add half of the lemon juice and cook for up to five minutes.
- For serving: Remove from pan and stir in lemon juice, mascarpone and 1 cup of grated parmesan. Season again and add basil.
Wine Pairing Suggestions
This meal is both fresh and rich. It works deliciously with a buttery Chardonnay, a brightening Pinot Gris wine or even a sparkling Prosecco.
Forest Fruit Mascarpone
This recipe is more than a dish – it’s an easy-to-make and delicious desert.
You cannot have a meal without a sweet touch. This is what the below plans to offer with this recipe for 4 servings. Find a light and creamy mascarpone cheese. Also, take note that this desert cannot be consumed immediately.
What to Do
- Add 1 cup of mascarpone cheese and mix with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar. Also mix with 2 tablespoons of whipping cream.
- Combine the ingredients with a stable mixer on gradually increasing speed. The result should be fluffy.
- Place the mix in an airtight cool container for up to 3 days. Then, add the fruit creamy topping as per the below.
- Choose a forest fruit cream or jam and gently add rhubarb or ginger sauce topping. You can also pour a few nuts or almonds.
Wine Pairing Suggestions
A dry and floral light-bodied wine like a Sauvignon Blanc or a Riesling will complete the taste of this sweet desert.
About Pairing Food and Wine
According to a recent study on the effects of wine on gastric emptying, researchers found that wine doesn’t alter the body’s ingestion of food. Therefore, drinking wine right after a meal is only responsible for an even richer and more refreshing taste.
Meanwhile, another study you might have heard of has shown that drinking a glass of wine after dinner improves your physical and mental health. If the wine doesn’t exceed two glasses, it will have beneficial effects on your body.
Bon Appetit!
The above recipes should provide you with choices for busy weekdays or festive weekends. They are easy to make and delicious next to a glass of your favorite wine variety.
Before engaging in any recipe, make sure you have the amounts of ingredients necessary and don’t need additional shopping. Also, avoid improvising on the guidelines, to keep the recipe as close to reality as possible.
This Guest Post was Written by Kenneth G. Haynes of TodayTopReviews.com exclusively for Social Vignerons.
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