Sara’s Tiramisu
As first made for Peter's Birthday January 2008
Notes:Much easier than most of the other versions I went through. I combined a recipe for
zabaglione (custard) with cooked eggs and
tiramisu with uncooked eggs. Now only the egg whites are raw
. Chocolate wafers are a plus! One French pot of
coffee is a little too much, but you can use leftovers for drinks!
Ingredients:2 cups+
espresso1 1/3 cup
Kahlua5
eggs (used jumbo, 6 if smaller)
1/3 cup
sugar½ cup
vin santo (traditionally
marsala wine)
500g
mascarpone (2 pkgs.)
40
lady fingers (approx. 1.5 packages)
1 tsp
vanilla½ package
chocolate wafer cookiesCocoa powderDirections:Make coffee and mix with Kahlua. Chill until ready to use.
Heat water in double boiler, lower to simmer. Beat eggs until smooth and lighter in color. Slowly beat in sugar. Move eggs to double boiler and heat slowly, whisking constantly. Slowly add vin santo or wine until mixture thickens and doubles in volume for 10-15 min.
Remove egg mixture from heat. Beat in mascarpone and vanilla with electric beater until smooth (use medium whisk attachment). Mascarpone will help eggs to cool down. Set aside and beat egg whites separately (fine whisk attachment) until stiff peaks form. Fold into mascarpone mixture.
Soak ladyfingers in coffee-Kahlua mixture, about 10 sec until soaked through. Create first layer in bottom of bowl or dish. You can paint on more coffee-Kahlua so the cookies fully soaked, it will be better that way. Layer some of mascarpone mixture. Then alternate layers of chocolate wafers (brush on some Kahlua mixture), soaked ladyfingers, and mascarpone about 2-3 times depending on depth of the bowl or dish, ending with mascarpone.
WARNING!Consumption of this dessert may result in the following:
A few weeks ago I realized it had been ages since I had actually made something, so I rummaged through my drawers and baskets to find some fabric or other inspiring material. The end result was this dress, made from organic cotton/Ecospun fabric. I cut it directly on the dress form so that I utilized as much yardage as possible, therefore equaling minimal waste. Only the center back seam is machine-sewn and everything else is hand-stitched with plant-dyed embroidery thread. The little caps on the sleeves are cut directly out of the armhole, and though they lack hanger-appeal they look like little petals when the dress is worn.
