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Tiramisu

Recipe submitted by ejade03

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One of my all-time favourite Italian desserts - the creamy (and boozy) sponge fingers are just delightful after a meal - or anytime of the day really!!

Ingredients

5 eggs, separated
180 g castor sugar
250 g mascarpone
250 ml cold very strong coffee
3 tbs brandy, sweet marsala or a good port also works (plus a few dashes more if you like it boozy)
44 small sponge fingers
80 g dark chocolate, finely grated

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Method

Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is light and fluffy and leaves a ribbon trail when dropped from the whisk. Add the mascarpone and beat until the mixture is smooth.
Whisk the egg whites in a clean dry glass bowl until soft peaks form. Fold into the mascarpone mixture.
Pour the coffee into a shallow dish and add the brandy (or marsala or port). Dip some of the sponge finger biscuits into the coffee mixture, using enough biscuits to cover the base of a 25 cm square dish. The biscuits should be fairly well soaked on both sides but not so much so that they break up. Arrange the biscuits in one tightly packed layer in the base of the dish. *(I like it boozy so I dash a little more alcohol over the top at this point).
Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the layer of biscuits (and I like to add some grated chocolate here also). Add another layer of soaked biscuits and then another layer of mascarpone, smoothing the top layer neatly.
Leave to rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Dust with grated chocolate to serve!

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The boozier the better in my opinion!!

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What do you think?

eatdrinkMI February 2010

Yep all sorted, I like the idea of the martini glasses as the ramekins weren't very visually appealing. I've tried it a couple of times now with different alcohol varieties, the Marsala was awesome but so was Frangelico. Thanks for the recipe.

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ejade03 February 2010

hey there :) sorry i didn't see this comment until now! did you work it out? I think this would make between 6-8 good sized portions. I'd probably say 6 (because i love it so much).

Try making them in martini glasses - that looks really impressive!!

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eatdrinkMI October 2009

Hi Emma, how many people do you think this might serve? I'd like to try and split the portions and use individual ramakins for a dinner party. I might have to do a bit of creative shaping with the sponge fingers to get them to fit though but it sounds too good not to try.

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hotguyOZ April 2009

this is one of the best tira's i've tasted, and can i just say that its great for any italian thoimed menu, and by the way emma you look like an angel!

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