Tiramisu

7 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 lb. mascarpone cheese
  • 36 lady fingers (savoiardi)
  • 2-1/2 cups strong Italian coffee
  • 1/2 cup dry Marsala wine
  • 13 Tbsp. sugar (3/4 cup less a little)
  • 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa

Directions

  1. 1
    1. In a large bowl use an electric hand mixer to beat the egg yolks together with the sugar until fluffy.
  2. 2
    2. Add the mascarpone cheese and mix it in with a spoon until well combined.
  3. 3
    3. Whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form and then fold them gently into the mascarpone mixture using a spoon. Fold it in gently lifting the mascarpone mixture from the bottom to the top.
  4. 4
    4. Add the cocoa to 1/3 of the mascarpone mixture mix well.
  5. 5
    5. Spread half of the remaining mascarpone mixture without cocoa onto the bottom of the cake dish(11x9x3)
  6. 6
    6. Quickly dip both sides of the lady fingers into the espresso coffee and place over mascarpone cream.
  7. 7
    7. Cover this layer with all the chocolate cream.
  8. 8
    8. Addd the marsala wine to the rest of the coffee and dip the lady fingers. Place them over the chocolate cream and top with remaining mascarpone cream.
  9. 9
    9. Sprinkle the top with cocoa powder through a fine mesh strainer.
  10. 10
    10. Refrigerate for 24 hours.

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