How to make ORIGINAL ITALIAN TIRAMISU

By reading this article you'll learn how to make AWESOME tiramisu with a step-by-step recipe.

This is the ORIGINAL TIRAMISU recipe we use in Italy. Literally, Tiramisu means “pick me up”, therefore the ingredients are meant to give energy.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Buy the following Ingredients: 1 box of lady fingers cookies (approx. 45 cookies) 2 cups of brewed coffee 2 cups of mascarpone cheese 5 eggs 1 ½ cup of sugar (confectioners’ sugar preferred

1. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until the mixture is a very light yellow.

2. Separately, beat the egg whites until they are fluffy and firm.

3. Mix the egg yolk and sugar with the mascarpone cheese.

4. Carefully fold the egg whites into the mixture. This should lead to a nice and creamy mixture.

5. Dip the ladyfingers cookies one by one (very quickly) in the coffee and lay them in a rectangular or square baking dish. Add a layer of the creamy mixture and sprinkle the cocoa powder. To obtain a nice looking cocoa powder top, use a mesh strainer and stir the powder lightly with a teaspoon .

6. Make a second layer exactly the same as the first one.
   Refrigerate for 30 minutes and ENJOY.
   
   Optional: add 1 tbsp rum or Amaretto to the coffee for a light alcohol flavor.

[ManInTheShadow]

on 1/4/2009 Concerning dipping the lady finger cookies into coffee, the trick to prevent them from being too wet is just dip them 1/2 deep. The coffee will then slowly dissolve into the second half of the cookie which is at first dry. Anyway ... good recepy and even better desert.

[sammyzusername]

on 12/7/2007 I've always loved TIRAMISU but had no idea how it was made. My friend made it for me using this recipe and I could not believe how easy it was to make and how delicious it turned out. we made 2 batches and took it to my family thanksgiving.. everybody loved it. This recipe is simple and delicious.