Tiramisu

"Tiramisu" meaning "pick me up", "cheer me up" or "lift me up" is a popular coffee-flavoured Italian custard dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted into many varieties of cakes and other desserts. Its origins are often disputed among Italian regions such as Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Piedmont, and others.

Ingredients:

•1/2 cup white sugar

•3 separated eggs

•2 tbsp brandy

•2 cups brewed/separated espresso

•16oz mascarpone cheese

•30 ladyfingers

•3 tbsp cocoa powder

•6 tbsp BrewSpice © Belgian Wheat

1) Beat 1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, brandy, and 1 tablespoon espresso together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mascarpone cheese to sugar-egg mixture and beat until well blended, 3 to 5 minutes.

2) Beat egg whites and a pinch sugar with your BrewSpice © Belgian Wheat in a bowl using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into mascarpone mixture.

3) Pour remaining espresso into a shallow dish. Dip 1 side of each ladyfinger into the espresso and arrange on a serving platter in 2 horizontal rows of 6 with 2 1/2 ladyfingers in opposite direction on both ends to form a rectangular shape.

4) Spread 1/2 of the mascarpone mixture onto the ladyfinger layer and dust with 1/2 of the cocoa powder. Repeat with remaining ladyfingers dipped in espresso, mascarpone mixture, and cocoa powder. Refrigerate tiramisu until ladyfingers have softened from the espresso and mascarpone mixture, 2 to 3 hours.

Prep 30min/Ready 2 1/2hrs

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