Recipe: Tasty Tiramisù

Tiramisù. Add mascarpone cheese and beat until smooth. Its name, tirami sù, means "pick me up," perhaps a reference to the stimulating effects of the caffeine in the recipe's espresso and chocolate. Tiramisù, although of relatively recent origin, is one.

It is made of ladyfingers (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts. Fill a large bowl with ice water. You can have Tiramisù using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tiramisù

1. You need of sponge finger biscuits.
2. You need of medium eggs.
3. You need of mascarpone cheese.
4. It's of sugar.
5. You need of Coffee.
6. It's of Cocoa powder.

Make the custard: Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a heatproof bowl. Sally shares her irresistible tiramisu recipe, the classic coffee and Marsala dessert made with sponge fingers and cocoa. You will be amazed how silky rich and yet LIGHT this Tiramisu tastes! This is slightly adapted from this recipe by Vanessa Martin, a well regarded Australian-Italian chef.

Tiramisù instructions

1. Start separating the egg yolks from the whites. Start beating the yolks with half of the sugar until glossy and yellow and then add the mascarpone..
2. Once all mixed start beating the white of the eggs and add the other half of the sugar. Mix everything until the whites are nice and firm..
3. Mix the whites with the mascarpone base bit by bit being very careful not to take the air out from the whites. Mix the coffee with some water and some sugar. Put a generous spoonful of mascarpone mix on the bottom of the cake container and level it off. Dip the sponge fingers in the coffee and lay them next to each other. Cover them with half of the mascarpone mix and do a second layer of biscuits then cover with the other half of the mix..
4. Leave in the fridge to set for at least 2 hours and add cocoa powder before serving..

This is a traditional recipe made using raw eggs that are not cooked or tempered, and with only mascarpone - no cream! Up until this week, I always thought the best Tiramisu I ever had was in Rome, at this sweet little restaurant right near the Spanish Steps. But after tasting my own version of this classic dessert, I've changed my mind. Attach the whisk attachment to the mixer, or use a handheld mixer. Tiramisù, literally "pick-me-up," is a classic Italian dessert.