Recipes For Thought

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Tiramisu

This tiramisu recipe is delicious and smooth though it is best made in a rectangular deep glass bowl:

Ingredients:
3 cups of strong black coffee
1/4 tablespoons rum paste
2 eggs
2 oz caster sugar
250g mascarpone cream
1 cup whipped cream
20 savoyardi biscuits which can be bought from Carrefour
2 teaspoons chocolate powder

1. Mix coffee and rum paste in a glass and stir well.
2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg yolks and sugar via an electric beater for 3 min until the mixture is thick and pale.
3. Add the mascarpone and beat until the ingredients are mixed well.
4. Use a metal spoon and fold in the whipped cream.
5. Use an electric beater to beat egg whites until soft peaks form
6. Fold quickly and lightly into the cream mixture with a metal spoon.
7. Dip the horizontal half of one biscuit into the coffee mixture, drain off excess coffee and arrange in a base of a serving dish. Repeat for all biscuits till a layer is formed at the base of the dish.
8. Spread half of the cream mixture over the biscuits.
9. Repeat the layering of the biscuits and cream mixture.
10. Smooth surface and dust with chocolate powder.
11. Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours to allow the flavours to develop and untl Tiramisu is firm. Serve with fresh fruit.

2 Comments:

  • At 9:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    hi, chanced upon ur blog and ur tiramisu recipe...it sounds so simple and yummy :)

    can i just check - the fingers biscuit - they just need to be half-soaked ? will they be too 'crunchy' for the tiramisu ?

    thanks.

     
  • At 10:55 PM, Blogger littlegingerbreadman said…

    Thks for your comment. Yes, they only need to be half-soaked. Dun worry, the tiramisu cream will drench the biscuits into a smoothie. :>

     

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