ITALIAN TIRAMISU RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

1. Lady Fingers
2. 5 egg whites
3. ⅝ tsp cream of tartar
4. 4 egg yolks
5. ⅔ cups of sugar, separated
6. ½ tsp vanilla extract
7. 1 cup flour, sifted
8. ½ tsp baking powder
9. Mascarpone Filling
10. 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
11. 5 egg yolks
12. ⅓ cup sugar
13. 8 oz. mascarpone cheese
14. 2 T coffee liquor
15. ¼ cup cocoa powder for dusting

INSTRUCTIONS

• Lady Fingers
• Preheat oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
• In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until you get soft peaks
• Add 2 T of the sugar to the egg whites and beat until you get firm peaks
• Put in refrigerator to keep chilled
• In a separate medium bowl, beat the egg yolks, remaining sugar and vanilla extract until smooth
• In a small bowl, whisk the flour and baking powder together
• Gently fold half of the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture and then half of the flour mixture
• Fold remaining egg whites and then remaining flour until fully incorporated
• Using a pastry bag, pipe the batter onto the parchment paper in 3 inch lengths
• Bake for 7-8 minutes, do not overbake
• Lady fingers will be soft and moist, set aside and let cool while preparing the mascarpone filling
• Mascarpone Filling
• In a cold mixing bowl, beat heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form and place in refrigerator to chill
• Combine the egg yolks and sugar in a glass bowl and whisk over a pot of lightly boiling water for 12 minutes until thick (use a double boiler if you have one for this step)
• Take the bowl off of the pot of water and place on top of a bowl of ice to cool the mixture down
• Combine the egg yolk mixture with the mascarpone cheese in a mixing bowl and beat until smooth
• Fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone cheese mixture until fully incorporated
• Line the bottom of an 8" x 8" dish with a layer of lady fingers
• With a pastry brush, brush coffee liquor onto the biscuits( if you buy premade lady fingers, you may have to dip them in strong coffee to softened them before you brush the coffee liquor onto the biscuits)
• Spread a third of of the mascarpone filling on top of the lady fingers and then dust with the cocoa powder
• Continue with two more layers each, the last thing being the dusting of cocoa powder on top
• Chill for several hours or overnight

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