Italians know good food, and with this tiramisu recipe you’ll soon be enjoying one of the most iconic Italian desserts. Combining mascarpone, coffee, kahlua, finger biscuits and cocoa powder to create this spongey, syrupy tiramisu dessert has to be one of the Italian’s best ideas.
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Ingredients
Method
Combine instant coffee and boiling water in a shallow bowl. Stir in marsala and Kahlua.
Beat the egg yolks and sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (for about 4-5 minutes).
Fold in the mascarpone and add the extra marsala into the egg yolk mixture until just combined.
Beat egg whites and extra sugar in a clean, small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg white mixture into mascarpone mixture and then fold in the thickened cream.
Dip half the biscuits, one at a time, for 1-2 seconds only, into coffee mixture and arrange biscuits in a single layer in a 2-litre (8-cup capacity) square or rectangular dish.
Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the biscuits. Repeat with remaining biscuits and mascarpone mixture. Cover, refrigerate overnight.
Just before serving tiramisu, dust the top with sifted cocoa.
Tiramisu recipe tips
Choose a sweeter variety of marsala when using in desserts. If you have an espresso machine, make 180ml of short black coffee instead of using instant.
Can I freeze the tiramisu?
Not, this dessert is not suitable to freeze.
More tiramisu recipe ideas
With a creamy mascarpone filling and bold coffee flavour it is no surprise that tiramisu has become a family favourite. If you want to branch out from this classic tiramisu, try the below recipes:
- Tiramisu trifle
- Frozen tiramisu
- Tiramisu torte
- Limoncello tiramisu with passionfruit curd
- A very cherry tiramisu
- Maggie Beer’s tiramisu with prunes and vino cotto
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