Tiramisu: Recipe and How to Video

February 16, 2021

Let’s celebrate February and indulge our love of sweets by creating an authentic Italian Tiramisu.  It’s a simple recipe with no cooking required.  We will follow along on zoom assembling it together. Afterward, we will have our meeting and do a little socializing, then we can eat our creations.

Tiramisu

Kathy Heslep & Sue Hewitt
February 2021 NWS Zoom Luncheon
Print Recipe
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 7 or 8 oz container mascarpone cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup strong brewed coffee
  • 1 tbsp rum (optional) can sub 1 tsp rum extract
  • 16 Lady Fingers Savoiardi
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Pour rum and coffee into a shallow bowl.
  • Separate the eggs.  In one bowl, beat the yolks with sugar until fluffy, then add the mascarpone.  Mix well.
    In another bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.
    https://www.allrecipes.com/video/76/how-to-fold-in-egg-whites/
  • Fold the eggs whites into the cheese mixture.  Set aside.
  • Dip 8 lady fingers in the coffee and place in the bottom of a rectangular serving dish or 8 x 8 pan.  Cover with half the cheese mixture.  Repeat with another layer of lady fingers then the remainder of the cheese.
  • Sprinkle the cocoa powder over the top.  Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.

Video

Pam Overly
Author: Pam Overly

Digital and Media Manager for New Westsiders (NWS). I moved to Avon Lake from Overland Park, Kansas, in 2013 and joined NWS later that year. I’ve served on the board as Historian and President and have also chaired several interest groups.