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Tiramisu

Author Nancy Piran

Ingredients

  • 3 large pasteurized brown eggs separated
  • 6 tsp sugar separated
  • 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
  • 1 cup espresso cooled
  • 24 savoiardi (or lady fingers)
  • 2 tsp vermouth optional
  • unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting

Instructions

  • Brew expresso and add 2 teaspoons sugar to sweeten If using vermouth, add in and stir. Set aside to cool.
  • Separate eggs placing yolks in a bowl and the whites in a mixing bowl.
  • In the bowl with the egg yolks add mascarpone and mix well. Stir in 2 teaspoons sugar.
  • In bowl with egg white using a mixer, mount your egg whites to semi stiff peaks. Sprinkle in 2 teaspoons sugar. Continue to mix till stiff peaks.
  • Add egg whites to mascarpone mixture by folding the whites in using a spatula.
  • Dip one side of the savoiardi into expresso then turn it once so each side has lightly soaked some of the expresso
  • Place a layer of savoiardi in pan. Top with half the cream. Then repeat.
  • Sprinkle with cocoa powder.
  • Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
  • Serve cold and enjoy!