Italy's Best Part 2

May 04, 2018

TIRAMISU

Tiramisu is an Italian dessert that is sweet, creamy and served cold. Ladyfingers are dipped in coffee and layered with a mascarpone cheese mixture. For non-cocoa lovers you can easily avoid part of the cake like I did in the picture. This was the final course called dolce. This was a very good cake and my family enjoyed it as well.

There isn't a set in stone history of tiramisu or even a region of origin though the most famous legend suggests it originates in Siena. It was given its name in Venice and means "pick me up" in English. This recipe has taken some twists such as brushing the ladyfingers with juices from fruits such as blueberries and raspberries. The recipe is again courtesy of academiabarilla.com with a few tweaks from myself. Their recipes are really traditional Italian.

What you will need:

4 egg yolks
2 egg whites
5 oz sugar
1 lb Mascarpone cheese
Ladyfingers (About 30)
2 cups coffee
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder for top

I did change the recipe quite a bit when I made it, although when my family and I ate the tiramisu I could say it would've been better if it was refrigerated longer. I would refrigerate it overnight so that the cheese and meringue can set longer. I also used a whole package of Stella D'oro ladyfingers and not just 16 like the recipe calls for.I might even recommend making your own to be more cost effective and maybe even better. You definitely need more than 1 package because the cheese mixture was very overpowering and there were gaps in the tiramisu layers. Another piece of advice is the amount of coffee to brew. Since I used more ladyfingers I needed to make more coffee. If I make this recipe again I would use these tips. All in all The recipe from Academia Barilla was used as a base and was tweaked for the purposes of a good recipe.