Tiramisù

Tiramisù — a recipes for dessert recipe, 7 ingredients, about 75 min.

Serves 6 · 75 min · Recipes for dessert

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Ingredients

Units: US 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)

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Make espresso coffee, and let it cool a bit.
  2. Separate the egg yolks and the whites of two eggs in two bowls.
  3. Beat sugar into the egg yolks.
  4. Beat the mascarpone into the sweetened yolks.
  5. Add two more egg whites to the other two and whip until they form stiff peaks.
  6. Gently fold egg whites into mascarpone mixture.
  7. Quickly dip both sides of the ladyfingers in the espresso.
  8. Layer soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone in a large bowl or pan (start with fingers, finish with mascarpone).
  9. Refrigerate for one hour or two.
  10. Sprinkle unsweetened cocoa powder on top just before to serve.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0