Crave Brothers Mascarpone Makes It Easy To Create Holiday Specialties

Waterloo, Wisconsin —When holiday menus take a turn toward seasonal luxury and indulgence, make Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Mascarpone one of your go-to ingredients. This award-winning creamy sweet cheese creates celebration-worthy dessert specialties without increasing labor costs.

Chocolate Mascarpone Pie, made with Crave Brothers Mascarpone, offers the right taste and texture to tempt your customers. With recent reports that high levels of chocolate consumption may be associated with a reduced risk of developing heart disease, chocolate-lovers are sure to be on the lookout for new chocolaty desserts.

Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Chocolate Mascarpone Pie begins with a chocolate cookie crumb crust, and features a simple but rich three-ingredient filling. Simply combine room- temperature Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Mascarpone, melted semi-sweet chocolate, and a little Kahlua or Amaretto liqueur for the pie filling. The creamy, chocolaty results create the perfect ending for holiday meals, buffets, dessert receptions and late-night desserts served with specialty coffee.

In 2011, Crave Brothers Mascarpone received four new First Place awards in prestigious cheese competitions. We think you’ll agree with the judges at the American Cheese Society, the World Dairy Expo Championship Cheese Contest, the Wisconsin State Fair and the Dodge County Fair in Wisconsin. Our handcrafted artisan Mascarpone is a quality ingredient that can help you create new holiday menu traditions.

Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics, including Mascarpone, are made with milk from the Crave Brothers Dairy Farm. The cheeses are all produced at the farmstead cheese factory on a sustainable, state-of-the-art family farm. Visit the Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics website at www.cravecheese.com for recipes featuring Mascarpone.

The Crave family farms 1700 acres of rich land in south-central Wisconsin, growing soybeans, corn and alfalfa to use as nutritious feed for their Holstein cows. From the manure digester to water recovery, sustainability is top-of-mind on the farm. Every pound of cheese made by George Crave, a licensed cheese maker, is made with milk from the family’s herd. Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese produces Mascarpone, Fresh Mozzarella, Les Frères® and Petit Frère® French-style cheeses, Farmer’s Rope Part-Skim Mozzarella String Cheese and Oaxaca.

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