Saturday, December 5, 2009

Tiramisu

Once you realise how easy this is to make you'll never agree to buy it off the shelf again.

Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
250 gr Mascerpone cheese
250 ml sour cream
1/3 cup white sugar
1 cup espresso
1 tbl spoon Amereto
1 packet of lady fingers

1. Seperate the egg yolks from the whites into a bowl and add the sugar. Stir with a wooden spoon until you get a smooth paste. Add the Mascerpone and stir until you get a smooth paste.

2. Pour the espesso in a shallow dish (wide enough to dip the lady fingers into) and add the Amereto. Laddle 2-3 tablespoons of the coffee into the egg and Mascerpone mix and stir until you get an even colour.

3. In a seperate bowl beat the sour cream until stiff. Fold into the Mascerpone mix.

4. Put a couple of spoonfulls of the mixture in a elongated dish and spread out to thinly cover the bottom. Briefly dip each lady finger in the coffee and place in the dish to form a single layer. Do not dip for too long or they will get too soggy. Add a layer of the Mascerpone mix and another layer of cookies followed by a final layer of Mascerpone.

5. Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Before serving lightly dust with cacao.