Genuine Italian Tiramisu
- 500 g mascarpone cheese
- 30 Savoiardi cookies (italian ladyfingers)
- 8 cups espresso (one shot size)
- 120 g sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons marsala
- Divide the eggs white from the eggs yolk.
- Add sugar to the eggs yolk.
- Whip the eggs yolk and sugar until you get a white cream.
- Add gradually with tablespoon the mascarpone cheese and blend well.
- Put aside the Mascarpone cream you got.
- Beat the eggs white with a blender to stiff peaks.
- Add the stiff peaks to the mascarpone cream using a tablespoon.
- Blend gently always in one direction.
- Make the Italian espresso coffee (better if you can use a classic Moka machine) and put in a bowl.
- Add to the coffee bowl, two tablespoon of sugar and two tablespoon of Marsala.
- Cool the coffee to tepid temperature.
- Pour the first layer of Mascarpone cream in a glass baking dish of medium size.
- Dunk Savoiardi in the coffee one by one and, put horizontally above the cream in the glass baking dish.
- Repeat the last two steps for a second layer.
- After adding the Mascarpone chees above the last Savoiardi layer, cover with the cocoa powder.
- Cover the glass baking dish (usually I use aluminium foil) and put in the refrigerator at least for 12 hours.
savoiardi cookies, espresso, sugar, eggs, cocoa, marsala
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/genuine-italian-tiramisu-530694 (may not work)