You can just eat mascarpone without using it with other foods.
You can eat mascarpone cheese by itself although it's more enjoyable to eat on bread or crackers because it has a creamy and rich texture and a mild flavor.
Mascarpone cheese is also used as an ingredient in desserts such as cannoli fillings and tiramisu.
Mascarpone cheese is not just cream cheese like normal regular cream cheese.
However mascarpone cheese is a type of Italian cream cheese but it's not exactly the same as cream cheese that you normally eat.
Unlike regular cream cheese the mascarpone cheese is richer and creamier and also has a milder flavor and higher fat content than regular cream cheese.
Regular cream cheese is often tangier although both mascarpone cheese and cream cheese are soft and spreadable cheeses.
However mascarpone cheese is a more luxurious cheese as it has a buttery texture and high fat content unlike regular cream cheese.
Mascarpone cheese is made similar to American cream cheese although it uses a base of whole cream instead of milk.
Mascarpone cheese just like regular cheese is a fresh cheese that is also not aged before it is eaten.
Mascarpone cheese is also more expensive than regular cream cheese due to the larger quantity of cream that is needed to produce it and the cost of raw ingredients in mascarpone cheese is higher.