05/02/2006

Tiramisu

As I have said you Moonlight. There's my TiramisĂș recipe!!!

This is a tipical dessert from Treviso. Stories are told about how Tiramisu was the favorite of Venice's courtesans, who needed a "pick me up" (the literal translation of "tirami-su") to fortify themselves.

Ingredients

The basic ingredients are 3 eggs, 250gr of mascarpone cheese, savoiardi, espresso coffee, liquor (marsala, brandy, rum), 3 spoons of sugar, and shaved chocolate.

Mascarpone is a triple-creme cheese. It's made from the milk of cows.

Savoiardi are sweet, little, fairly dry, finger-shaped sponge cakes. They are similar to "melindros" but harder.

Directions

  1. Beat until stiff the 3 egg whites.
  2. Mix up: the egg yolks, mascarpone and sugar.
  3. Add the 3 egg whites. You have to mix up until it's a cream. 
  4. You have to add some of the liquor to the black coffee (it'd be cold).
  5. Dip the savoiardi with the coffee and liquor mixture.
  6. Put them in a container. 
  7. Cover them with the whipped cream.
  8. Repeat the layers, finishing with the cream.
  9. Put some shaved chocolate on the top of it.
  10. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.

If you like chocolate, you'd put some of them between the different layers.

Enjoy it!!!

 

 

Comments

It's a delicious dessert! I love it! Actually, I reallly enjoy cooking and savoring sweet things. Thanks for this recipe and for the historic explanation!

Posted by: MOONLIGHT | 06/02/2006

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