Ingredients
Tiramisu
About 24 ladyfingers (enough to for 2 layers of your dish)
½ cup espresso (or 1 cup of good quality instant coffee made with 2 heaped tablespoons of coffee)
2 tablespoons (or a little more…) rum
2 tablespoons sugar
250 g (9 oz) marscapone cheese (In Israel, look for the Gad brand)
Gad marscapone cheese
1 cup whipping cream
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup Marsala wine (or Port)
60 g (2 oz) grated dark chocolate
Cocoa powder for decoration
How to do it
Ladyfingers drenched in espresso (this is a double batch)
1. Brew the coffee and add the rum and sugar. Arrange half the ladyfingers on the bottom of a medium sized baking dish (approx. 20 x 20 x 5-cm / 8 x 8 x 2 – inch) and spoon half the coffee over each ladyfinger, making sure they are all saturated with coffee.
2. In a mixer, mix the cream until very firm (stiff peaks). Add the powdered sugar and marscapone cheese and mix together. Add the vanilla and Marsala wine and mix together till combined.
3. Spread half of the cheese mixture over the ladyfingers in the dish. Then grate the dark chocolate over the cheese mixture. Place the rest of the ladyfingers over the cheese mixture and spoon the rest of the coffee over them. Spread the rest of the cheese mixture over the top.
4. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before serving.
5. Before serving, dust cocoa over the top through a small sieve. You can grate some more dark chocolate over the top instead of the cocoa.
Individual Tiramisu
Note: You can also make these in individual cups, with just one layer – one ladyfinger broken in 2 on the bottom with 2 tablespoons of cheese mixture dolloped on top. I place all the ladyfingers in a dish and pour the coffee over them before I put them in the cups. It’s easier that way. Dust with cocoa powder.
