Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Tiramisu

A classic Italian dessert.

Ingrdients:
Mascarpone cheese(or Cream cheese)- 1 cup (250g)
Heavy whipped creme - 1 cup
Expresso or any other coffee - 1/2 cup
Any liquor (preferably a coffee based liquer like Kahlua or marsala wine) - 3 tbsps
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder/Chocolate powder- 1/2 cup
Chocolate bar -1
Sponge cake / lady finger cookies - 1 packet

Method:
1. Make strong dark coffee and let it cool.
2. Add 2 tbsp of the liquor to this.Keep aside
3. Blend thoroughly cheese and sugar on a bowl.
4. Fold in with the whipped creme.
5. If using the sponge cake, make 2 or 3 layers of it by cutting it horizontally
6. Take a flat dish and pour the coffee liquor mix.
7. Dip the lady finger/sponge into the cofee mix , dont make it too wet so that it can break
8. Plate the cake/cookies in a dessert bowl.
9. Add a layer of of cheese mix and spread it.
10. sprinkle a layer of cocoa powder
11. repeat the steps 7,8,9,10 for all the layers.
12. Refrigerate it at least for 2 hours.
13. Serve it adding some more cocoa powder and a layer of grated chocolate and on top.

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