Individual White Chocolate Tiramisu
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 ounces good quality white chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 8 ounces mascarpone
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup raspberry liqueur (creme de cassis) or raspberry-flavored syrup
- 16 very thin slices sponge or angel food cake
- 4 tablespoons grated bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
- 8 whole strawberries
- 1/2 cup grated semisweet chocolate
- 8 firm, fresh, clean leaves (be sure they are nonpoisonous or lemon leaves work well)
- 6 ounces whole raspberries
- 4 strawberries, halved
- To make the white chocolate cream: heat the milk over low-medium heat until bubbles form around the edges of the saucepan.
- Place the white chocolate pieces in a small bowl and pour the hot milk over.
- Whisk until the chocolate is completely melted.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk the sugar into the mascarpone.
- Set aside.
- In a small, chilled bowl, whip the cream with the vanilla until soft peaks form (do not overbeat.)
- Whisk the white chocolate mixture into the mascarpone.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- The texture should be like lightly whipped cream; if it doesn't "flow", thin the mixture slightly by stirring in some milk, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Spoon the liqueur evenly over the cake slices.
- Place 1 slice of cake in the bottom of each goblet.
- Spoon half of the cream mixture over the cake slices (about 2 1/2 tablespoons for each slice.)
- Sprinkle each with 1/2 tablespoon of the grated chocolate.
- Slice 8 strawberries and place some slices over the chocolate in each goblet.
- Repeat the cake, cream and chocolate layers.
- Refrigerate for 4 to 8 hours.
- To make the chocolate leaves: line a plate with waxed paper.
- In a double boiler over low heat, melt the grated semisweet chocolate.
- Remove the chocolate from the heat.
- Using a pastry brush, spread the underside of each leaf with a layer of chocolate.
- Place the painted leaves, chocolate side up, on the prepared plate.
- Freeze until the chocolate is set.
- Carefully peel the leaf off the chocolate, handling the chocolate leaf as little as possible.
- Return the leaves to the freezer if the chocolate is melting.
- Just before serving, top each tiramisu with raspberries and garnish each with a strawberry half and chocolate leaves.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/individual-white-chocolate-tiramisu-recipe.html (may not work)