Welcome to my website dedicated to Tiramisù!
NB * Ingredient quantities in the recipe below are optional, but their range is prescriptive *
Ingredients
| Eggs |
Mascarpone |
Ladyfingers or Savoiardi |
Coffee |
Sugar |
Cocoa powder |
Rum |
| 5 |
500 gramms |
300 gramms |
1 cup |
1 cup |
2 tablespoons |
1/2 cup |
Method
- Make a strong coffee and add half of the rum to it
- Separate the egg yolks from the whites
- Whisk the yolks with the sugar until pale and creamy
- Add the rest of the rum and mix
- Add the yolk and rum mixture to the mascarpone and mix well, but carefully not to overmix
- Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form
- Fold the egg whites into the mascarpone mixture
- Dip the ladyfingers into the coffee and rum mixture and layer them at the bottom of a dish
- Add a layer of the mascarpone mixture
- Repeat the layers until you run out of ingredients
- Sift cocoa powder on top
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours
Here's a video by Gennaro Contaldo on how to make Tiramisù: