Jeff Smith's Tiramisu
photo by ANTIGRAVITY28
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
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Filling
- 354.88 ml espresso, at room temperature
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 59.14 ml brandy or 59.14 ml Amaretto
- 2 egg yolks
- 226.79 g package ladyfingers
- 113.39 g semisweet chocolate, shaved
- 453.59 g mascarpone cheese
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Topping
- 236.59 ml fresh whipping cream
- 1.23 ml vanilla
- 29.58 ml confectioners' sugar
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Garnishes
- cocoa powder
- additional chocolate shavings
directions
- Stir the expresso, sugar and brandy/amaretto together until the sugar dissolves.
- Remove 1/3 of the coffee mixture to another bowl and set the remainder aside. Whisk the egg yolks into the 1/3 cup mixture. Add the marscapone and whisk together until smooth. Don't overmix.
- Line a loaf pan with a large sheet of wax paper. Tuck it carefully into the corners. There should be a lot of wax paper remaining outside the pan.
- Dip the ladyfingers one at a time into the reserved coffee mixture and begin to place them crosswide in the lined pan. They will expand when soaked with coffee. This will take only a few seconds, don't leave them too long or they will fall apart. Line the whole bottom of the pan (7 ladyfingers). Spread with half the cheese mixture. Sprinkle with 2 oz of the shaved chocolate.
- Repeat layers of ladyfingers, cheese and shaved chocolate.
- Top the pan off with the remaining soaked ladyfingers.
- Fold the wax paper up around the top of the pan, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 6 hours.
- Invert the chilled loaf pan onto a serving platter and tap the bottom of the pan to remove the loaf. Remove the wax paper.
- Place the cream, vanilla and confectioners sugar in a bowl and whip until stiff. Spread the whipped cream all over the cake in an attractive manner.
- Dust the cake with cocoa and decorate with shaved chocolate.
- Slice to serve.
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Reviews
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So disappointed, Thanksgiving day flop. I always look forward to making this tiramisu for special occasions. Years ago I found this recipe online and printed it. When I couldn't find the print I looked it up and found it here, however this recipe is WRONG. Although too late to save my dessert ?? I've located the original print. It calls for A HALF cup of espresso, not 1.5 cups of espresso. Soooo sad
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