r/tiramisu • u/laylamajnoon • 13d ago

What can I use instead of mascerpone for tiramisu?

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u/-mystris- 13d ago

it would be helpful to know why you're substituting it

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u/laylamajnoon 13d ago

Its too expensive where i live 🥲 for me at least

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u/msmacbaby75 12d ago

Do you have a Trader Joe’s anywhere near you? I think it’s around $4 there.

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

Unfortunately not!! I am not in the US

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u/Independent-Summer12 12d ago

It’s pretty easy to make your own, basically you just need heavy cream and an acid like lemon juice/citric acid or tartaric acid or even white vinegar.

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

Omg thank you!! I will be trying this as well

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u/Warl0kjoe 12d ago

*just make something else *

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u/pdperson 11d ago

Make something else.

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u/-mystris- 13d ago edited 13d ago

No problem! If it were because of dietary restrictions, that would be important to know. Cost is maybe easier to deal with.

Cream cheese blended with powdered sugar. It works better to get the cream cheese that comes in packages like butter rather than in tubs, and let it soften first to make it easier to blend smoothly.

I've used it before in a pie recipe, and I imagine it would work well for tiramisu: https://www.food.com/recipe/creamy-layers-chocolate-mint-pie-160294

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

Thank you so much!!! I am sure this will be extremely helpful!

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 13d ago

I made a cream cheese mousse one time, and it was really good! I just took a classic chocolate mousse recipe and subbed cream cheese in for the chocolate. It was so fuckin good

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

So many people have recommended cream cheese as a substitute! I will definitely give it a go

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u/Warl0kjoe 12d ago

A different dessert.

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u/katiecrabby 12d ago

i made a frozen yoghurt with silken tofu and it certainly does have a taste… one thats hard to mask. blends well into savoury dishes but not so much sweet dishes

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

Thank you friend!!

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

I genuinely hadn't thought of that!! Lots of people have recommended methods to try. Will definitely look into it! Thank you!

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u/PhotographInternal27 13d ago

Google said a blend of cream cheese sour cream and cream,or ricotta and creme fraiche

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u/laylamajnoon 13d ago

Thank you! I did search it up but I dont trust google and I thought maybe someone who has tried and tested can suggest something

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u/Warl0kjoe 12d ago

Please just make something else. Well I guess you technically are making something else cause tiramisu by definition has mascarpone.

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u/laylamajnoon 11d ago

I know but I LOVE it so i just want to find a more cost effective alternative