Tiramisu

Tiramisù means "pull me up" and aptly describes the Italian dessert made from lady fingers, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, egg whites, sugar, and marsala wine. The biscuits are sprinkled with strong coffee and the marsala, and then embedded in a thick rich custard. Sometimes chocolate is also used, but that is not traditional.

Recipe for 4-6 persons:

• whisk eggwhite of 4 eggs until hard, add sugar at end
• lift eggwhite and 2 egg yolkes under 500 g mascarpone cheese
• make espresso, sweeten, add marsala wine (or cognac)
• sprinkle lady fingers with espresso+wine (or soak for 3-8 seconds)
• layer soaked lady fingers and cheese in a form (start with fingers, finish with cheese)
• sprinkle dark chocolate powder on top
• keep in fridge for one hour

In Australia, particularly over the past few years, it has become one of the most popular types of dessert served in restaurants. The recipe has been adapted into cakes, puddings and other varieties of dessert made with coffee-flavoured custard.

See Italian cuisine

External links

• Atkins-friendly Tira Misu
• Heavenly tiramisu lists more than 80 recipes.