Description
Tiramisu in Italian means 'pick me up'…i've been a big fan of this dessert since my first bite. My husband always wants to try different recipes at home. He was determined to try doing tiramisu atleast once at home, so i went through several recipes and made one of my version.This recipe takes atleast two hours to prepare
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 pack | Lady fingers (found in bakery section) |
| 1 cup | Kahlua or rum (optional) |
| 11 cup | Freshly brewed coffee (preferably espresso) |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 2 tbsp | Unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 6 no | Egg yolks |
| 11 cup | Sugar |
| 8 oz | Mascorpone cheese |
| 13 cup | Heavy whipping cream |
| 1 oz | Semisweet chocalate |
Instructions
Beat the egg yolks and sugar in a double boiler (place the mixing vessel on a pan with boiling water). When the yolk mixture turns boiling reduce the heat and stir continously until the mixture turns thick and lemon colored, approx for a minute or so. Let it cool and keep it aside for an hour. Meanwhile whip the heavy cream until soft peaks are formed (when u lift the whisk from cream a cone should form which folds in its peak). After an hour mix the mascorpone cheese into the egg yolk mixture, then gently fold in the cream. Now take a square or rectangular deep dish, dip each lady finger into a mixture of the kahlua/rum and brewed coffee (if u dont like to add liquor just dip them in plain coffee liquid), arrange them in line in the dish so that they form a layer. Then spread some of the cheese mixture on top of the ladyfinger layer. Again arrange a layer of coffee dipped lady fingers and spread the remaining cheese mixture. Refrigerate the tiramisu until serving time. Keep it in room temperature atleast two hours before serving to soften the ladyfngers. Dust some cocoa powder on top and add some chocolate shavings, before serving.
Notes
If you are using kahlua make sure you dont dip the ladyfingers more than two seconds since the alcohol taste will be strong otherwise
If you couldnt find ladyfingers you can cut a yellow cakeinto two layers, sprinkle the cofee or kahlua liquid on the cake, and spread the cheese mixture on each layer
you can use a vegetable peeler to make the chocolate shavings
before preparing the tiramisu try arranging plain ladyfingers on the dish to get a count of how much ladyfingers you'll need per layer
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