Homemade Mascarpone Cheese

Here goes the recipe to obtain 500 grams of home made Mascarpone.
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Ingredients:

• Fresh Cream- 600 ml
• Lemon Juice - 1/2 a lemon

Method:

• Use a double boiler method to heat the cream
• In a large pan add some water and keep another pan inside it so that you can hold the cream
• You do not want to heat the cream directly. 
• When the water boils the cream will get heated up and using the finger tips see if its warm. 
•  It take about 10 minutes to get it warm.
• Add in the lemon juice and stir with a wooden spoon for some time.
• Later we will see that the cream will coat the spoon like a thick custard.
• Bring the cream down from the double boiler and allow to cool.
• Pour the cream into a strainer lined with thick muslin , cheese or cotton cloth.
• Set in the fridge for one day so that the whey will collect below the strainer and the cheese will thicken.
• After 24 hrs remove the cheese from the cloth and use immediately to make Tiramisu or store for 3-5 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
• Only 1/4 cup or less of whey will separate from the cream to get a thick and silky textures mixture of Cheese.