Valentine's Recipes > Tiramisu

How to make tiramisu:
This Italian dessert has become a real favorite in Britain and makes a great dessert for Valentine's Day. N.B. Be careful serving raw egg to vulnerable (i.e. the young and old).



Ingredients

2 cups mascarpone cheese
2 to 3 tablespoons sugar (you may need more or less according to taste)
2 tablespoons brandy
3 eggs separated
12 sponge finger biscuits
1/2 pint strong black coffee
some good cocoa powder
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put the sponge fingers into the dish which the Tiramisu will be served in.
- Dissolve half of the sugar in the coffee and add the brandy.
- Pour this over the sponge fingers.
- Allow the liquid to be soaked up by the sponges.
- Take a large bowl and put the mascarpone into it.
- Whisk the egg yolks into the cheese and add the other half of the sugar, mixing in well.
- Take another basin and whisk the egg whites in it until they are stiff.
- Carefully fold this into the mascarpone mixture.
- Spoon this over the sponge fingers.
- Decorate with some cocoa powder and chill in the fridge for at least three hours.




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