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Mascarpone is a boundary entry, not a true ferment. Cream is heated to about 90 °C and set with citric or another food acid; no bacteria sour it. The curd rests for 8–12 hours, drains through fine cloth and is chilled, giving a sweet, buttery cream cheese. Made in 5 steps over 46 h – 2.1 days. The longest step, drain through fine cloth, takes 20 h (Capozzi V 2020).
Citric acid · Other makers use acetic, tartaric or lactic acid, vinegar or lemon juice[lombardia-pat][capozzi2020]
Starter: none; acid sets the heated cream
Total time across the recorded steps: 46 h – 2.1 days
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What changes:Cream is heated in a water bath to about 90 °C
Step 1 of 5
Heat the cream in a water bath
Time
Not documented
Temperature
85–95 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Output: hot cream.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Mascarpone is made from cream, not milk, and is set by heat and acid, not by bacteria or rennet, so it is a boundary entry. Ricotta is also heat-set, but from whey.
Milk
Cream, not milk
Ripening
Fresh; it keeps only a short time
Setting
Cream heated to about 90 °C and set with citric acid (Lombardy PAT sheet)
Mascarpone is not acidified by bacteria. A survey found its pH, water activity and redox potential all allow Clostridium botulinum to grow, and spores grew and made toxin after 3–4 days at 28 °C, so keep it refrigerated. In a challenge test with C. sporogenes, a harmless relative, there was no growth at 4 or 12 °C, and the starting pH was 6.14.
Hazards the sources name: Clostridium botulinum spores; found in 32.5 % of 1,017 retail samples in one survey, and able to grow and make toxin in mascarpone held at 28 °C.
The regional sheet says the name probably comes from mascherpa, a Lombard dialect word for cream. Farms once made it only in winter, because it keeps badly.