Today we will prepare a popular Italian dessert tiramisu at home. “Airy” cream and a pleasant coffee-almond flavor together form the most delicate delicacy, which will be a great idea for a romantic dinner or an original afternoon snack.
According to the classic recipe, tiramisu with mascarpone is prepared, eggs, coffee with sweet liquor, cocoa powder, sugar / powdered sugar and, of course, oblong cookies (savoyardi or “lady fingers”) are also mandatory ingredients. You can make it yourself or find it on sale, but do not try to replace this ingredient with anything, as the taste of the dessert will not be the same.
Ingredients for 2-3 servings: 
- mascarpone cream cheese - 250 g;
- - 100 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- powdered sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- cocoa powder - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- Amaretto liqueur - 1 tbsp. spoon (or almond essence);
- espresso coffee (or regular strong coffee) - 200 ml.
First, a few words about the cream. It is prepared from raw eggs, so be sure to select the freshest chicken eggs for tiramisu and wash them thoroughly with soap before cooking. It will not work to exclude raw proteins and yolks from the recipe, since it is they who give the cream “airiness”. If desired, of course, you can replace the eggs, for example, with whipped cream, but there will be a completely different taste.
- First of all, we prepare coffee. The classic tiramisu recipe includes espresso in its composition, but it will not be a problem if you brew regular strong coffee in a Turk (2 teaspoons of coffee for 200 ml of water). We cool the finished drink.
- Next, separate the egg whites from the yolks, put them in different containers. Try not to get a drop of yolk or water into the protein mass, and also pay attention to the cleanliness of the dishes, as even the smallest speck can disrupt the whipping process. So let's get started with the mixer. As soon as the mass thickens, add a tablespoon of powdered sugar, gradually increasing the speed. As a result, the proteins must be whipped into a very dense foam so that the finished cream does not spread in the dessert.
- Mix the yolks with the remaining portion of the sweet powder. Beat until a thickened mass of a light shade is obtained.
- Gradually stir in the mascarpone cheese into the sweet yolk mixture. Whipped proteins in parts (in 2-3 passes) are added to the mass of yolks and cheese, each time gently mixing with movements from bottom to top. As a result, you need to get a homogeneous and "airy" cream.
- Mix cold coffee with Amaretto. This ingredient gives the dessert an almond flavor. If you do not want to include alcohol in the tiramisu, you can replace the liquor with almond essence.
- Quickly dip the savoiardi into aromatic coffee (it is better to immerse the cookies not completely, but only on the side with powdered sugar). Next, shake off excess liquid.
- We spread the soaked savoiardi on the bottom of a portioned bowl or a transparent glass (if the cookies do not fit entirely, we break them into pieces that are suitable in size). By the way, you can cook tiramisu in one large container, for example, a baking dish, but keep in mind that the dessert is very delicate, so it will be difficult to cut it into beautiful portions. Yes, and it is widely believed that Italians cut tiramisu is considered bad form.
- We hide the cookies under a layer of light cream. Next, repeat the layers.
- We cover the surface of the dessert with cocoa powder through a fine sieve, and then we tighten the dishes with cling film and send them to the refrigerator for several hours (it is better to leave them overnight).
Let's start tasting, enjoying the delicate taste of a multi-layered tiramisu dessert at home! Enjoy your meal!
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