Best Tiramisu Recipe - The Authentic Tiramisu Recipe!


	Best Tiramisu Recipe "Outperforms Olive Garden, Carabbas, and maybe your grandma!" To make the best tiramisu recipe - you have to use these three little tricks: Use traditional ingredients only Follow the traditional procedures Don't serve right away! Chill at least 8 hrs before serving! For years I wouldn't even dream of making tiramisu. I was really chicken to try. But fate intervened and in my late 40's I married a wonderful man (after 9 years of being a single parent). But you want to know the first birthday cake he ever asked me to make? You guessed it! The one I was afraid the most! Tiramisu! What was I gonna say!? I'm Italian. I'm supposed to know how to make one of the most popular Italian Cakes - in the history of EVER! Well we're still blissfully married. The cake was/is awesome! It truly is the best tiramisu recipe! Lady fingers usually are a big stopping point. BUT don't let them be. If your store doesn't have them - I have a very easy Lady Fingers Recipe. You don't have to make them pretty. They get covered up! So don't be shy to try. So to make your tiramisu better than Olive Garden (really) don't experiment too much with ingredients AND follow the procedures like your life depended on it. If this wasn't the type of recipe you were looking for check out my home page of Italian Dessert Recipes. There a few questions and substitutions below. And there's a list of all the Italian Cakes I have on my site. Thanks for stopping by! Lisa The Best Tiramisu Recipe Starts with the tradition! Want to print this recipe? Click here and it will be in your inbox. YIELD:Approx 12 Servings Ingredients: * 6 egg yolks * 1 1/4 cups white sugar * 1 1/4 cups mascarpone cheese * 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream * 2 (3 ounce) packages lady fingers (approx 24 lady fingers total) * 1/3 cup Kahlua Topping extras * 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder (dust) * 1 (1 ounce) square semi sweet chocolate (shaved) Procedure *To start I chill the bowl I will be whipping the cream in* * Combine egg yolks and sugar in the top of a double boiler. I do this over boiling water. * Reduce heat to low. * Cook for about 10 minutes and don't go anywhere! Stir it constantly. * Remove the mixture from heat and whip in the yolks until its thick. * Add the mascarpone to the whipped yolks. * Beat until combined. * Pull your chilled bowl out of fridge and whip the cream until the stiff peaks are formed. * Gently fold into yolk mixture and set aside. * Split the lady fingers in half. * Line the bottom and sides of your serving bowl with the lady fingers. * Brush the lady fingers with the kahlua (see substitutions). * Spoon half of the cream filling over the lady fingers. * Now you are going to layer - using lady fingers, kahlua and filling. * Keep going till you run out of lady fingers. * The top layer of filling is finished off with cocoa or chocolate curls. (Or both!) BIG SUCCESS HINT: Refrigerate several hours or overnight! Want to print this recipe? Click here and it will be in your inbox. What can I substitute for the Kahlua? Try the following: 1/3 cup STRONG coffee plus 2 Tbsp of rum 1/3 cup water 2 Tbsp of instant coffee crystals 1/3 cup VERY strong coffee dripped and reduced 1/3 cup of Tia Maria OR - try espresso powder it makes a quick instant espresso! I use this LOTS! Can this recipe be modified to save time? Not really if you want the best flavors and an authentic tiramisu. So - set aside some time to do this. You will love what you get! Where do I get ladyfingers? In the International food section of your grocery store. And that depends on the area of your country and availability. But these are so easy to make. And youdon't have to make them look pretty. They get covered up! Click here to see the Lady Fingers Recipe. Can I substitute the marscapone cheese? Ooooh, not really. Mascarpone isn't that easy to just swap out for another cheese. Since I'm sticking with keeping this authentic and keeping it where I know it works - I gotta say no. Sorry. I know you are looking for a way to keep it real and get the best tiramisu recipe around. But swapping this out just won't get you there. 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Back to the top of this Best Tiramisu Recipe 5.0 stars based on 9 reviews - (All the family at Doug's birthday dinner!) Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About When I was building my site last year I had no idea how to add a print button to each recipe! Well I just kept cooking. Now it's a year later. To add a button to each of my 150+ recipes at this point would be a TON of work. 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