Also turns out that I didn't need to make the tiramisu myself. I have this friend, Darshini. She made bread upma for me eons ago when we both lived in Hyderabad. Then she moved cities, I moved cities, and after a few years of just staying in touch over pings and emails, the stars aligned magically and she landed in Singapore.
She also happened to turn up for dinner with the most delicious tiramisu ever! I saved some for the next day just for pics before TH and I attacked it.
Classic tiramisu is not that hard to make at all. In fact, Darsh managed to whip this up with very basic kitchen tools and it still turned out fab so this is really not a fussy recipe at all.
Note: Classic tiramisu contains raw eggs so try to get the freshest egg you can lay your hands on. If you are not comfortable with this or you are pregnant, then this recipe is not for you. Please don't ask me for a substitute! Mascarpone cheese is another essential ingredient and I am really not sure if a substitute will work for that either.
For other easy dessert recipes, check out my eggless Oreo cheesecake recipe, this homemade chocolate ice-cream recipe, and my 5-minute mug cake recipe.
Classic Tiramisu Recipe
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon of instant coffee powder
½ cup of hot water
2 tablespoon of icing sugar or powdered sugar
2 egg yolks
1 egg white
2-3 tablespoon of cocoa powder
250gm of mascarpone cheese
About 15 ladyfinger biscuits
How to Assemble the Tiramisu:
1. Mix the instant coffee powder with the hot water and beat lightly for a minute with a spoon. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
2. Add the icing sugar (or powdered sugar) to the egg yolks and beat well with a fork. Add the cheese and beat well again. If you have an electric beater, use that.
3. Whip egg white until stiff. You can use your electric beater (use a clean dry one) or just your fork or whip which will take much longer. Fold this gently into the cheese-yolk mixture.
4. Dip the ladyfingers in the coffee and layer them at the bottom of a square cake tin. Sprinkle cocoa powder over this generously.
5. Layer half the egg-cheese mixture over the biscuit layer. You can add some berries at this time if you wish. On top of the mixture, layer biscuits (dipped in coffee) once more and top off with some more cocoa powder and the rest of the cheese-yolk mixture.
6. Freeze overnight or at least 8 hours. Once it has set, sprinkle more cocoa powder or powdered sugar on top and serve chilled.
Notes:
- the ladyfingers get soft very quickly so dip in coffee and layer immediately, don't linger.
- you can spike the coffee with rum or cognac, or (and I want to try this myself) use Kahlua to dip the biscuits
- it may be a good idea to move the tiramisu to the refrigerator for an hour or so before serving but getting clean pieces will be tougher
Cinnamon and Thyme
Tiramisu is definitely my favourte dessert. Looks so delicious!! 🙂
Anonymous
I have been making Eggless Tiramisu for many years now. I adapted it from Michelle Scicolone's " 1000 Italian Recipes ".
Whip up 1 cup of cold heavy cream. In a separate bowl, mix sugar and mascarpone cheese. Fold in the whipped cream into the cheese mixture. Do not over mix. The final mix will be light and fluffy. This can be spread onto the soaked ladyfingers.
I made it for my in-laws who thought this was the best thing they ever ate.
Nagalakshmi V
Thank you SO MUCH for this 🙂 I will update the post with this eggless tiramisu version
Ribbon Clown
Wow.. I need to make this asap..I bought my ladyfingers in Phoon Huat..btw, which part of singapore are you staying? If u dun mind telling me he he
Rosh
I love tiramisu even if it contains raw eggs! Yours looks absolutely yummy!!
FYI there is always the option of using pasteurised eggs which should give you the same result. Have also come across recipes for eggless versions which still look as delicious - one of the many items on my 'recipes to try' list 😀
Premalatha Aravindhan
Wow thats really yummy recipe,too gud:)
Plateful
Yum-O! I've got to try it, you pictures are a beauty!
You know, mascarpone's so darn expensive here.
Nagalakshmi V
thanks 🙂 it's not exactly cheap here either. a 500gm tub is around 7$. is it more there?
Gayathri NG
Tiramisu looks extremely pleasing n mouthwatering...
UmmSumayya
Yaay, I am the first one to comment! Interesting recipe, even I am having this in mind for the past few weeks, but never really got to work on it. Will definitely give it a try soon. A friend of mine makes it frequently, it comes out quite nice for her, but once it had become watery, and that's one thing that discouraged me from trying it. Any specific tips to avoid this?
Nagalakshmi V
🙂 yeah. make sure you don't soak the fingers too much or until too soggy. also, beat the cheese and eggs well.
Sharmilee! :)
Cant resist....looks so delicious!
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks sinfully delicious! Wish I could taste it 🙂