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Marscapone and roasted red pepper sandwich

September 1, 2010 · By Monica Shaw

Marscapone with roasted red peppers, basil and mint

I recently acquired a tub of marscapone cheese, a necessary ingredient of this zucchini and parmesan tart I wanted to make. But the recipe left me with a lot of leftover marscapone that I wasn’t sure what to do with.

Then I had a marscapone revelation: A few weeks ago, my dad and I shared a few dishes at Demuth’s Restaurant in Bath, one of which was a “summer salad crostini”, described as “lightly toasted thoughtful bread with mascarpone and regato cheese, ribbons of courgette, fennel and cherry tomato, finished with basil and mint”.

Summer salad crostini

So I decided to make my own “summer salad” open-faced sandwich with no knead bread, marscapone, grana padano, cherry tomatoes, roasted red pepper, basil, mint and rocket. It was really nice! Good enough to eat for lunch two days in row, and very quick to prepare.

Marscapone is a lot like cream cheese – only more fancy sounding and way tastier. In fact, it’s a triple-cream cheese (leave it to the Italians) made from crème fraîche, denatured with tartaric acid. It is a main ingredient of tiramisu and is sometimes used instead of butter or Parmesan cheese to thicken and enrich risotto.

Marscapone is very mild on its own and, for sandwiches, best mixed with something a bit stronger (like grana padano or other hard italian cheese). What makes the sandwich is the fresh herbs. In fact, you could probably get rid of the cheese altogether and use something like hummus and this would be just as good – but don’t leave out the fresh herbs!

It turns out, marscapone is also very nice with strawberries. This experiment with marscapone, strawberries, basil and mint was delicious:

Marscapone with strawberries, basil and mint

Everything goes down a treat with a nice salad. I’m digging the lemon and olive oil lately, but this salad was made even nicer with some fresh basil, parsley and oregano (plus lots of crunchy romaine, cucumber, sweet cherry tomatoes, spring onion, salt, pepper, and the clincher: creamy avocado).

Herby salad

Marscapone and roasted red pepper sandwich

  • 1 thin slice of nice bread that toasts well
  • a couple spoonfuls of marscapone
  • a bit of grated grana padano or other hard cheese
  • 1 roasted red pepper, thinly sliced
  • 2 cherry tomatoes, sliced
  • a few leaves of basil and mint, thinly sliced
  • a handful of rocket
  • salt and pepper

Toast the bread until it’s nice and crispy then leave it to cool.

Smear the marscapone on the bread and sprinkle with the grana padano.

Top with sliced cherry tomatoes and red peppers. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and fresh herbs.

Pile on the rocket. Eat. Enjoy.

Serves 1.

About Monica Shaw

Veg lover, dog owner, hill walker, wild camper, avocado addict, nerd. I write about how to be awesome through a "smarter fitter" approach to eating, drinking, living and working.
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  1. Sagan says

    September 4, 2010 at 2:31 pm

    I love a good open-faced sandwich. I don't believe I've ever tried marscapone before – must remedy that!

    Reply
  2. Lexie says

    September 7, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    I really want to experiment with marscapone cheese! You have given me some nice ideas 🙂

    Reply
  3. Monica says

    September 8, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    If you like cream cheese (how can you not), you'll love marscapone! I bet it would make a great cheesecake come to think of it…

    Reply
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