Tiramisu recipe

Tiramisu recipe

A classic Tiramisu, or 'pick me up', made from mascarpone, double cream, coffee syrup and sponge fingers.

Ingredients

For the cream
  • 500 g mascarpone
  • 250 ml double cream
  • 3 medium free range eggs
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 17.6 oz mascarpone
  • 8.8 fl oz double cream
  • 3 medium free range eggs
  • 1.8 oz caster sugar
  • 17.6 oz mascarpone
  • 1.1 cups double cream
  • 3 medium free range eggs
  • 1.8 oz caster sugar
For the coffee syrup
  • 500 ml water
  • 125 g caster sugar
  • 10 g instant coffee
  • 17.6 fl oz water
  • 4.4 oz caster sugar
  • 0.4 oz instant coffee
  • 2.1 cups water
  • 4.4 oz caster sugar
  • 0.4 oz instant coffee
Extras
  • 100 g sponge fingers
  • 1 sprinkling of cocoa powder
  • 3.5 oz sponge fingers
  • 1 sprinkling of cocoa powder
  • 3.5 oz sponge fingers
  • 1 sprinkling of cocoa powder

Details

  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Recipe Type: Dessert
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 20 mins
  • Cooking Time: 5 mins
  • Serves: 6

Step-by-step

  1. For the syrup, boil the sugar and water together in a thick-bottomed pan, then add the coffee. Remove from the heat and set aside.
  2. Suspend a bowl over a pan of simmering water and whisk the three egg yolks and half of the sugar together until pale and aerated, then set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the double cream until if forms soft peaks, then beat the mascarpone to make it softer and add to the cream until combined.
  4. In a clean bowl, whisk the three egg whites until firm, then gradually add the remaining sugar and whisk until firm.
  5. Fold all components together, the yolks, whites and mascarpone cream, and mix until combined.
  6. Soak the sponge fingers in the coffee syrup and spoon half on the bottom of a dish, followed by half the cream, and repeat until complete. Dust with a light coating of cocoa powder on top and serve.

Recipe taken from The Dessert Deli by Laura Amos, £20.00, Hardback, published by Paperbooks 31st October 2012.

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