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Spumone di Ciliegie e Mascarpone: Cherry-Cheese Spumoni
Difficulty Level
Low
Cooking Time
15 minutes, plus 3 hours to freeze
Cost
Medium
Like cherry ice cream, but without the fuss of an ice cream maker. With this basic recipe, create countless variations by swapping out the cherries for virtually any other fruit, like raspberries, blueberries, ripe peaches or bananas. You can even substitute the mascarpone with other cheeses like ricotta or cottage cheese, or even use Greek yogurt or crème fraiche, if you like.
Spumoni, the plural for spumone, which means “foam,” was first created in Naples in the early 18
