Ghetto Tiramisu

8 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 ounces mascarpone cheese
  • 12 ounces vanilla wafers
  • 1 cup triple sec
  • 1 cup espresso or 1 cup very strong coffee
  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, grated with vegetable peeler
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine yolks and sugar in large bowl and beat well.
  2. 2
    In second bowl, beat egg whites on low, then increasing speed until stiff peaks form.
  3. 3
    In the bowl with the yolk mixture, add mascarpone cheese, then gently fold in the egg whites with rubber spatula, moving from center to outside of bowl in circles.
  4. 4
    Arrange 1/2 wafers in 13 x 9 glass pan. Drizzle 1/2 espresso and 1/2 liquor.
  5. 5
    Layer mascarpone mixture, most of the grated chocolate (reserve 1 tablespoon), and roughly 2/3 of the cocoa.
  6. 6
    Add layer of remaining wafers and drizzle remaining liquor and espresso.
  7. 7
    Refrigerate overnight, or 12 hours.
  8. 8
    Dust with remaining cocoa and remaining grated chocolate, and serve.

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