Ingredients
Serving six pretty party cups
3 large egg yolks
2 large egg whites
⅓ cup whipping cream
60g icing sugar
250g/ ½ pound mascarpone
10-12 sponge fingers, savoiardi
250ml strong coffee
3 tablespoon marsala (or you can substitute with rum or kahlua)
2 tablespoon brandy
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup cocoa powder
Method
Firstly, In a bowl, whip the heavy cream until it is firm and refrigerate. Next, put the egg yolks and half the sugar into a medium-sized bowl together with the sugar and beat until the mixture is light, pale and thick. Fold in the soften mascarpone cheese with the vanilla extract, then the whipped cream until they are smooth. Then, in a another bowl, whisk the egg whites with the remaining sugar and salt until they form soft peaks. Finally fold in the egg whites to the mascarpone yolk mixture.
To assemble the tiramisu, break the biscuits in half, then pour the coffee and marsala and brandy into a shallow dish and then dip the sponge fingers briefly as you built the layers – they will absorb the liquid very quickly.
Now simply layer the desserts by putting 2 of the soaked sponge halves into each glass, followed by 2 tablespoons of mascarpone mixture and a layer of dusted cocoa powder. Repeat the layers once more. Spreading the final layer of mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers in a smooth, even layer. Dust generously with cocoa powder. Cover and refrigerate the tiramisu overnight. Serve them straight out of the fridge.
Blog post update: Here's a new video to make tiramisu.
-till next post, ss.