Strawberry Tiramisu
- 1/2 cup kirsch or framboise
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 large egg yolks
- 3 to 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 pints strawberries
- 13 cup strawberry preserves
- 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 4 ounces savoiardi biscuits or ladyfingers
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- Mix the kirsch or framboise with the water.
- Set aside.
- Combine the egg yolks and three tablespoons sugar in a stainless-steel bowl that will fit partway into a heavy saucepan.
- Using a whisk or a hand-held mixer, beat the egg yolks and sugar until they are thick and light.
- Add water to the saucepan, enough to bring to a simmer without quite touching the bottom of the bowl.
- Place the saucepan with the bowl in it over medium heat and continue beating.
- Gradually beat in one-third cup of the diluted liquor.
- Continue beating until the mixture is thick, light and nearly hot.
- Do not allow it to become too hot or the eggs will curdle.
- Remove the bowl from the saucepan and place it in a bowl of ice and water.
- Continue beating until the mixture is cold, then refrigerate it.
- Whip the cream until stiff and fold it into the egg-yolk mixture.
- Refrigerate again.
- Hull the strawberries and slice them.
- Sweeten if necessary.
- Refrigerate.
- Mix the preserves with the mascarpone and refrigerate.
- Up to an hour before serving, arrange half the biscuits on a square or round platter or in a shallow serving bowl about nine inches in diameter.
- Sprinkle them with half the remaining diluted liquor.
- Top with half the sliced strawberries.
- Spread with the mascarpone and preserves mixture.
- Top with the remaining biscuits.
- Sprinkle with the remaining diluted liquor.
- Top with the remaining strawberries.
- Spread the whipped-cream-and-egg-yolk mixture over the strawberries.
- Dust lightly with sifted cocoa and refrigerate until ready to serve.
framboise, water, egg yolks, sugar, heavy cream, pints strawberries, strawberry preserves, mascarpone cheese, savoiardi biscuits, cocoa
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3141 (may not work)