Tiramisu

AuthorMaggie Burjel
DifficultyIntermediate

This recipe will surely be your favorite Tiramisu!

There is no alcohol in this Tiramisu Recipe, so it is kid-friendly, and we even added some chocolate chips, for an extra layer of texture! Follow these instructions and share with us your results @travelcdv

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Tiramisu
Yields12 Servings
Prep Time1 hr 30 minsTotal Time1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
 8 oz Mascarpone Cheese
 2 Eggs
 3 tbsp Sugar
 10 Drops of Lemon Juice
 10 Drops of Orange Juice
 1 Package of Lady FInger Cookies
 1 Lemon
 1 Orange
 Bakers Dark Chocolate
 Cocoa Powder
 2 cups Italian Espresso
 ¼ cup Milk
Prepare Ingredients
1

Make espresso (2cups), add milk (1/4cup) and sugar to taste. Let cool in a shallow bowl.

Tiramisu Ingredients

2

Grate the lemon peel of ½ lemon

3

Grate the orange peel of ½ orange

4

Juice lemon and orange.....10 drops each

5

Chop the chocolate into pieces slightly smaller than commercial chocolate chips

6

Open Mascarpone containers and pour off any liquid

7

Unwrap lady fingers and set them aside on a plate

Mixing - With Whisk or Electric Mixer
8

In a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar (3 Tbsp) until mixture is light in color and forms a slowly dissolving ribbon on the surface of the mixture when some of it is lifted with the whisk and allowed to fall back into the bowl.

9

Gently whisk the mascarpone into the egg yolk mixture

10

Add zests and juice of lemon and orange to mascarpone mixture

11

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Whites are stiff enough when you can turn the bowl upside-down and the eggwhites will not fall out of the bowl.

Stiff egg whites

12

Gently fold the eggwhites into the eggyolk/mascarpone mixture to create a lighter, fluffier mixture

Assembly
13

Dip lady fingers into cold espresso mixture, one at a time and line them in a single layer in a baking dish, completely covering the bottom of the dish

14

Spread about 1/3 of the egg/mascarpone mixture on top of the lady fingers

15

Sprinkle a thin layer of chocolate shavings over the egg/mascarpone mixture

16

Continue layering – espresso dipped lady fingers, mascarpone mixture, chocolate shavings, until you have used all the ingredients, or until you don't have enough to complete another layer

Layers of Tiramisu

17

Refrigerate until ready to serve

18

Top layer-sprinkle the top layer with a dusting of cocoa powder. Use a small sieve to shake the cocoa over the grated chocolate.

Tiramisu

Ingredients

Ingredients
 8 oz Mascarpone Cheese
 2 Eggs
 3 tbsp Sugar
 10 Drops of Lemon Juice
 10 Drops of Orange Juice
 1 Package of Lady FInger Cookies
 1 Lemon
 1 Orange
 Bakers Dark Chocolate
 Cocoa Powder
 2 cups Italian Espresso
 ¼ cup Milk

Directions

Prepare Ingredients
1

Make espresso (2cups), add milk (1/4cup) and sugar to taste. Let cool in a shallow bowl.

Tiramisu Ingredients

2

Grate the lemon peel of ½ lemon

3

Grate the orange peel of ½ orange

4

Juice lemon and orange.....10 drops each

5

Chop the chocolate into pieces slightly smaller than commercial chocolate chips

6

Open Mascarpone containers and pour off any liquid

7

Unwrap lady fingers and set them aside on a plate

Mixing - With Whisk or Electric Mixer
8

In a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar (3 Tbsp) until mixture is light in color and forms a slowly dissolving ribbon on the surface of the mixture when some of it is lifted with the whisk and allowed to fall back into the bowl.

9

Gently whisk the mascarpone into the egg yolk mixture

10

Add zests and juice of lemon and orange to mascarpone mixture

11

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Whites are stiff enough when you can turn the bowl upside-down and the eggwhites will not fall out of the bowl.

Stiff egg whites

12

Gently fold the eggwhites into the eggyolk/mascarpone mixture to create a lighter, fluffier mixture

Assembly
13

Dip lady fingers into cold espresso mixture, one at a time and line them in a single layer in a baking dish, completely covering the bottom of the dish

14

Spread about 1/3 of the egg/mascarpone mixture on top of the lady fingers

15

Sprinkle a thin layer of chocolate shavings over the egg/mascarpone mixture

16

Continue layering – espresso dipped lady fingers, mascarpone mixture, chocolate shavings, until you have used all the ingredients, or until you don't have enough to complete another layer

Layers of Tiramisu

17

Refrigerate until ready to serve

18

Top layer-sprinkle the top layer with a dusting of cocoa powder. Use a small sieve to shake the cocoa over the grated chocolate.

Tiramisu

Tiramisu