Homemade tiramisu is heavenly delight

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Not so long ago, a new dessert appeared on the shelves of our stores and in the menu of pastry shops - tiramisu. Many of us still think it's a baked cake like "Napoleon" or whipped cream with a thickener in a bowl. In fact, what we sell and serve under the guise of tiramisu is anything but a classic Italian dessert. For its preparation, special products are needed, and replacing them with something else immediately affects the taste of the product. I don’t argue, you can put Philadelphia sweet cheese on top of the Kurabie Baku cookies - and it will also turn out delicious. But this improvisation cannot be compared with the abyss of heavenly bliss that the original product gives.

So what is tiramisu, the Italian dessert? It is not baked because it uses special ready-made Savoyardi cookies. And the cream is a delicate cheese made from buffalo cream,"Mascarpone". Marsala wine and strong, freshly brewed coffee give the delicacy an aristocratic flavor, and the bitterness of cocoa powder adds sophistication and originality. But even if we take the most Italian products and at the same time violate the cooking technology, we will not succeed.

In principle, nothing bad will happen if we replace Marsala with Baileys or Amaretto liqueur. It won't affect the taste of the dish too much. But we cannot do without Savoyardi and Mascarpone. Cookies are interesting in that they quickly absorb liquid, but do not crumble and keep their shape well. And mascarpone, to be honest, can be replaced with only one thing - real fat sour cream, thrown back on gauze. Other ingredients for tiramisu are eggs, coffee, sugar, cocoa powder - found in any kitchen.

The secret of this dish is as follows: "Mascarpone" must be very cold, and eggs - at room temperature. Therefore, before starting cooking tiramisu at home (two hours), we provide these products with the necessary temperature conditions. Next, we brew strong coffee in a Turk. The original recipe calls for no sugar, but for those with a sweet tooth, you can add a spoonful of sand.

Set to cool. Separate 4 egg yolks and beat egg whites until firm peaks. We need 100 g of powdered sugar. Grind the yolks to such a consistency that they turn white. We shift the 250-gram pack of Mascarpone into the mixer bowl and beat until airy. Then, carefullykneading, add alternately to the cheese a spoonful of proteins, then yolks.

Pour a small glass of Marsala or liquor into a glass of cold coffee. The crucial moment of folding tiramisu has come. This is done as follows: “Savoyardi” is quickly dipped in coffee and laid out in a row on a flat dish until a layer forms from them. Place a layer of whipped mascarpone on top. Flatten with a knife or the back of a spoon. We put the second layer of Savoyardi, not forgetting to dip these sticks in coffee. Then more cheese and so on until the cookies and cream run out. We put the dish in the refrigerator overnight and fight the temptation to eat the whole dessert ahead of time. In the morning, sprinkle the delicacy with cocoa powder mixed with powdered sugar. And we enjoy. Indeed, translated from Italian, tiramisu means “lift me up”. Believe me, you will be in seventh heaven.