Cookbook:Tiramisù

Tiramisù
Fairly Easy
Category	Dessert recipes
Servings	4-6
Energy	? Cal
Time	? minutes
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Tiramisù means "pull me up" and aptly describes the Italian dessert made from lady fingers, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, egg whites, sugar, and often marsala wine. The biscuits are sprinkled with strong coffee and the marsala, and then embedded in a thick rich custard. Sometimes chocolate is also used, but that is not traditional.

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites
• 2 egg yolks
• sugar
• 500 g of mascarpone cheese
• espresso
• marsala wine (or brandy or cognac)
• lady fingers
• dark chocolate powder

Procedure

1. whisk whites of 4 eggs until hard, add sugar at end
2. fold the egg white and 2 egg yolkes into the mascarpone cheese
3. make espresso, sweeten, add marsala wine (or cognac)
4. sprinkle lady fingers with espresso+wine (or soak for 3-8 seconds)
5. layer soaked lady fingers and mascarpone in a form (start with fingers, finish with mascarpone)
6. sprinkle dark chocolate powder on top
7. refridgerate for one hour

Notes, tips, and variations

• Savoiardi are the traditional cookie used with this recipe, rather than lady fingers
• We also have an Atkins freindly recipe

Warnings

In this recipe the term "lady fingers" refers to a kind of biscuit or cake, NOT to okra, which would be an interesting variation.

External Links

Step-by-step illustrated recipes at Anna Maria's Open Kitchen.

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This text was based on the Wikipedia article Tiramisu.