"Tiramisu" is a light and airy dessert reminiscent of the consistency of a pudding, the main ingredients of which are the Mascarpone cheese and the traditional Italian Savoyardi cookies. Despite the classic recipe, the dessert underwent a number of transformations for its short existence. So, for example, "Savoyardi" was replaced with biscuit, "Mascarpone" - creamy cream, and coffee impregnation - fruit.
In this article, we will deal with how to make a cake "Tiramisu" and according to classical and according to the latest recipes.
Classic recipe for cake "Tiramisu" with "Mascarpone"
Ingredients:
- eggs - 6 pcs .;
- sugar - 1¼ tbsp .;
- cheese "Mascarpone" - 1 ¼ st .;
- cookies "Savoyardi" - 350 g;
- strong coffee - 1/3;
- cocoa - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- black chocolate - 30 g.
Preparation
Preparation of the cake "Tiramisu" should begin with the creation of the basis of "Mascarpone", for this, egg yolks and sugar should be thoroughly beaten and placed on a boiling water bath. "Brewing" yolks will take 10 minutes, while the mass must be constantly stirred. Ready-made hot yolks must be beaten to lemon color, and then mixed with "Mascarpone".
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until the peaks and carefully add the mass to the yolks. At the bottom of the glass tableware we lay the Savoyardi sticks, lubricate their strong coffee with a brush and lay out the mixture of Mascarpone and eggs on top. We repeat the same procedure with the next layer.
How to decorate the cake "Tiramisu", you decide: you can sprinkle the surface with chocolate or cocoa, put candied fruits or cocktail cherries - in any case, after decorating the dessert must be sent to the refrigerator for freezing, at least 2-3 hours, at most - at night.
Cake "Tiramisu" with biscuit at home
The recipe for making a cake "Tiramisu" with a biscuit is not authentic, but it does not in any way make it worse than the original, just such a dessert has a different taste and consistency. What option to give preference - you decide, in any case the following recipe is worth attention.
Ingredients:
For biscuit:
- eggs - 5 pcs .;
- sugar - 250 g;
- flour - 250 g;
- baking powder - 1 ½ tsp.
For cream:
- cheese "Mascarpone" - 500 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- powdered sugar - 100 g;
- strong coffee - 250 ml;
- cocoa - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
To bake a biscuit, eggs must be grinded with sugar, add sifted flour and baking powder. The remaining egg whites should be whipped into a firm foam and gently dipped into the dough. Ready dough is poured into a mold and baked at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Bake the baked sponge completely.
For cream, whisk egg yolks with sugar, add to cheese and mix well. Beat up to white peaks, it will be necessary and egg whites, their air mass will also need to be mixed with "Mascarpone".
Cooled biscuit impregnate strong coffee, spread on it half of the cream, then put the next biscuit and repeat the procedure. We decorate the dessert with cocoa powder, and our biscuit cake "Tiramisu" is ready!
Cake "Tiramisu" without eggs
Ingredients:
- cream for whipping - 150 ml;
- cheese "Mascarpone" - 500 g;
- powdered sugar - 100 g;
- Cookies "Savoyardi" - 15 pieces;
- strong coffee - 150 ml;
- liquor "Amaretto" - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Since the cream for Tiramisu does not contain eggs, only chilled cream is beaten with powdered sugar.
"Savory" soak in a chilled, freshly brewed natural coffee and put it on the bottom of a glass serving dish.
On the layer of cookies, we evenly apply half the cream mass from a mixture of cheese and cream. Cover the layer of cream next to the soaked coffee "fingers" "Savoyardi", on top of which we distribute the remaining cream. We decorate the dessert to taste and send it to the refrigerator for 4 hours. Bon Appetit!