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Thank you Tre Stelle!

October 13, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

Tre Stelle Cheese Tray & Tools

Recently Tre Stelle contacted me and offered to send me $25 in coupons for their cheese, as well as this stunning platter with beautiful tools as a gift! They did not ask for a review, in fact they did not ask for anything at all. As a result, I am going to promote the heck out of them.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I began with their mascarpone cheese. How many times have I heard Giada de Laurentiis talk about this kind of cheese as though it came from the heavens? I wanted to try it but was never sure it was worth spending money on. So my first coupon went to picking up a tub, adding some cream, vanilla paste and icing sugar to it to top off my roasted figs in caramel:

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

OK, I probably should have added more cream to it, LOL. Still, wow, this was unbelievably delicious! The texture is heavenly. So rich and yet light at the same time, the flavour reminiscent of… butter! I did not dare look at the fat content of this cheese and just devoured my figs. Both Reg and I were thoroughly impressed.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

So sweetened mascarpone cheese is heaven, how would it be in a savoury application? I had some leftover spaghetti sauce and wanted to do something creative with it.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I had these humungous pasta shells in my cupboards for a long time and decided it was time to use them up. I cooked them in salted water, drained them well and left them to dry and cool off on parchment paper.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I used around half a cup of mascarpone for the filling as well as half a package of frozen spinach (thawed and water removed), freshly grated Parmesan, old cheddar, crushed garlic, finely minced shallots, fresh thyme, salt and pepper.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I packed as much filling as I could into the shells.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I put the spaghetti sauce on the bottom of two dishes and filled them with the stuffed pastry shells.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

I topped with the last of the spaghetti sauce. I made a crumb topping by mixing together panko breadcrumbs, freshly grated Parmesan and around 2 tsp of olive oil.

At first I baked in a low-ish oven (around 325F) for 30 minutes but it did not seem very warm. I turned up the heat for a while and then broiled the top.

Tre Stelle Mascarpone Cheese

We loved this dinner! In fact Reg wants me to make it all the time. So much for making room on my shelves, now I have to go out and get more giant pasta shells! It is worth it though. A great way to use up that leftover spaghetti sauce and the creaminess of the mascarpone goes so perfectly with the spinach which can sometimes be overpowering.

Thank you Tre Stelle! Now I know what everyone is talking about when it comes to the heavenly flavour and texture of mascarpone cheese. It is 100% worth the money and I will be buying it all the time now.

And I am not stopping there! So many cheeses to try and I have another amazing (yet a tad bizarre) treat with mascarpone cheese which I will share tomorrow. I give this product five out of five wooden spoons.

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  1. amelia says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:40 am

    I’m with you all the way here. I love the stuff. I was hooked the first time I had cannoli with mascarpone filling!!

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  2. Debra She Who Seeks says

    October 13, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    I’ve never used mascarpone cheese but you’re convincing me to try! And what a beautiful cheese board and knives Tre Stelle gave you, lucky girl!

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  3. AvaDJ says

    October 13, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Oh my! Did you just hear my tummy grumble? The stuffed shells look awesome.

    I do love mascarpone as well and I’ve always equated it with one of my favourite Italian desserts, the beloved Tiramisu.

    Although nothing compares to mascarpone, Tre Stelle also has a wonderful Extra Smooth Ricotta you could use in place of the mascarpone in the pasta shells. That’s what I’ve always used traditionally and it’s also less expensive. How nice of them to give you such a beautiful gift.

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  4. Krista says

    October 14, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    Thanks for sharing. These look really yummy! I’ve been thinking about stuffed pasta shells lately, maybe I’ll try them with your recipe.

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