Italian Tiramisu Recipe
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Italian Tiramisu is a much loved dessert. But do you know how to make tiramisu at home? Follow my recipe for delicious restaurant results. This classic Italian dessert layers coffee dipped savoiardi (also known as Lady Fingers) and a wonderful mascarpone filling with no raw egg!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups strong coffee
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup Marsala
- 2 cups mascarpone
- 1 cup cream
- 24 savoiardi (or enough for two layers in the pan)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Instructions
To prepare the coffee dip
- In a shallow dish pour coffee. Add sugar and rum. Stir until dissolved. Set aside to cool
Make the zabaglione
- Put the egg yolks and sugar in a glass/ heatproof bowl or the top of a double boiler. Whisk lightly until combined. Whisk in the Marsala.
- Place the bowl or top of double boiler over barely simmering water. The bottom of the bowl mustn’t touch the water.
- Whisk continuously until the mixtures thickens and becomes pale and creamy. This will take approximately 10 minutes. Be careful not to make scrambled Marsala eggs. If necessary , take the bowl off the heat every so often if you think it’s getting too hot.
- Once the zabaglione is ready, cool it down quickly so that it doesn’t keep cooking. I do this by have a bowl ready with a small amount of ice and water. Suspend the hot bowl in the ice water and stir with the whisk until the zabaglione has cooled to room temperature.
To make the Mascarpone filling
- Whisk the cream either by hand or with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
- Mix in the mascarpone. Don’t over beat because mascarpone can split.
- Fold in the zabaglione.
To make Italian Tiramisu
- Briefly dip half of the savoardi in the coffee one at a time and place them in one layer in a 20cm x 20cm x 5cm (8in x 8in x 2in) pan. Be careful not to let the savoiard soak because they will fall apart.
- This should make one complete layer. If not add more.
- Spread half of the mascarpone filling over the first layer of savoiardi.
- Repeat dipping and layering with the remaining savoiardi and mascarpone filling.
- Sift cocoa powder over the tiramisu.
- Refrigerate for 6 hours or better still overnight for the flavours to combine and the filling to set.
Notes
This dessert is best made the day before but can be made even 2 days before. It will keep for at least 5 days in the refrigerator.
Tiramisu can be frozen for 3 months. Place a layer of non stick paper over the top then wrap well in plastic wrap. Defrost in the refrigerator. On hot days tiramisu is delicious eaten as a frozen dessert.
Method using egg white instead of cream for the Mascarpone Filling
Substitute 4 egg whites and a pinch of salt for the cream.
Mix mascarpone with zabaglione.
Whisk egg white and salt until soft peaks.
Fold egg whites gently into mascarpone mixture so as not to deflate the egg whites.
Use as per the recipe Alcohol Free Tiramisu Leave the rum out of the coffee dip and substitute 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract for the Marsala. Because there is less liquid, it will cook more quickly so watch it carefully. You could make up the rest of the liquid with grape juice but I've never personally tried that.
Substitute 4 egg whites and a pinch of salt for the cream.
Mix mascarpone with zabaglione.
Whisk egg white and salt until soft peaks.
Fold egg whites gently into mascarpone mixture so as not to deflate the egg whites.
Use as per the recipe Alcohol Free Tiramisu Leave the rum out of the coffee dip and substitute 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract for the Marsala. Because there is less liquid, it will cook more quickly so watch it carefully. You could make up the rest of the liquid with grape juice but I've never personally tried that.
Nutrition
Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 171mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1054IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 1mg