Tiramisu, the quintessential Sicilian dessert, and the ultimate party food. Although I’m (half) Sicilian, I didn’t grow up with this dessert at family dinner tables. I’m not exactly sure why no one ever made it, but it took for me to travel to Italy and taste the real deal for the first time to be hooked, over and over again.
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Needless to say, it’s my most-requested recipe and is so variable (I have a Strawberry Tiramisu recipe in my cookbook).
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Just be sure to give yourself enough time to make it ahead and refrigerate- the coffee really needs to soak into the lady finger cookies and the cream really needs to get cold for it to gel all together nicely.
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You may even want to sprinkle the cocoa/chocolate shavings mixture at the last moment, but that’s really up to you.
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If you don’t have vanilla extract, you can leave it out, but you may want to replace it with some other flavoring. Add apple juice to the cream and whisk before pouring it on the cookies; it serves as a replacement for brandy that is sometimes called for in traditional tiramisu dishes.
P.S. If you’re looking for a dish to take to someone’s house on Eid, this is it.
Enjoy!
Classic Tiramisu {Without the Alcohol}
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By Published: August 7, 2013
- Yield: 6-8 Servings
- Prep: 25 mins
The perfect marriage of coffee, cream and cookies, dessert doesn't get much better than this. Substitute decaf coffee, if desired.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cold coffee (strong, espresso or bold roast)
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons crème frâiche
- 3 teaspoons alcohol-free vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar or raw cane sugar
- 16 lady finger cookies (also known as
- 1 tablespoon chocolate shavings
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Instructions
- Make coffee and set it aside in a large bowl to cool.
- Mix mascarpone, milk, crème frâiche, and vanilla extract. Add powdered sugar and mix well. It should be the consistency of pourable cream; add more milk, if needed (1/2 teaspoon at a time).
- Line the bottom of a square glass dish layer with the mascarpone-milk mixture.
- Soak each lady finger cookie one by one in the coffee for about 6-10 seconds, or until the cookie has absorbed enough coffee but it's still firm enough to set flat in the glass pan.
- Line the pan with one row of soaked cookies. Next, add the mascarpone mixture and smooth over with a spatula. Repeat this one more time, or until all of the cream and cookies have been used.
- In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder with the chocolate shavings. Dust the top layer of the dish with this mixture.
- Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving, or overnight, giving it time to set.
- Cut and serve chilled either on small plates or in small cups.
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