Tiramisù
Tiramisù — a recipes for dessert recipe, 7 ingredients, about 75 min.
contains dairycontains eggs
Ingredients
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Metric
- 4 egg whites
- 2 egg yolks
- 100 g (½ cup) white granulated sugar
- 500 g (2 ½ cups) mascarpone cheese
- 4 small coffee cups espresso coffee
- 400 g of lady fingers (savoiardi) (or sponge cake)
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
Make it lactose-friendly
- 500 g (2 ½ cups) mascarpone cheese → lactose-free or aged hard cheese (naturally lower lactose)
Steps
- Make espresso coffee, and let it cool a bit.
- Separate the egg yolks and the whites of two eggs in two bowls.
- Beat sugar into the egg yolks.
- Beat the mascarpone into the sweetened yolks.
- Add two more egg whites to the other two and whip until they form stiff peaks.
- Gently fold egg whites into mascarpone mixture.
- Quickly dip both sides of the ladyfingers in the espresso.
- Layer soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone in a large bowl or pan (start with fingers, finish with mascarpone).
- Refrigerate for one hour or two.
- Sprinkle unsweetened cocoa powder on top just before to serve.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0