Receta Amaretti Tiramisu

by Julia Frey

So Italian week continues and this time I bring to you something Dolce. What comes to mind mind when anyone thinks of a classic Italian dessert?  Tiramisu, of course! Every Italian restaurant has it on the menu and it’s a frequent visitor to our house. Not too many things work so beautifully together as strong espresso and silky smooth mascarpone. I call this particular recipe Instant Tiramisu because instead of traditional crisp Savoiardi ladyfingers that take a couple of hours to soak up coffee and liquor I used already soft amaretti cookies or Amaretti Morbidi. I absolutely adore these little cookies in Tiramisu. They bring beautiful almond flavour into the mix making it even more desirable and impossible to stop eating! Also, they are little round guys which makes them fit perfectly in the individual mason jars that I used this time.  A quick side note about the mason jars, they might not be the most original things as they get used a lot but for a good reason! They provide perfect personal portions and you can always pop a lid on them and stick them in the fridge until dinner time.  One of the characteristics of true Italian cooking is very few but good quality ingredients. This Tiramisu recipe is no exception. Ingredients: {Serves 4} Amaretti biscuits (soft or crisp)-  20-24 Espresso or strong coffee- 2 shots/2 oz Mascarpone-1 cup/250 ml Whipping cream- 1 cup/250 ml Icing sugar- 1/4 cup Vanilla -2 tsp. Rum or marsala, brandy etc.- 4-6 tsp. Cocoa for dusting- 3-4 tsp. Chocolate, shaved Method: Traditionally Tiramisu cream topping is made of mixture of mascarpone, sugar and egg yolks but using raw eggs could be unsafe so the eggs are often replaced with whipping cream. Make two shots of espresso if you have an espresso machine or 2 oz of very strong coffee. Divide your amaretti cookies among 4 mason jars or glasses. Pour 1/2 of espresso shot in each glass over the cookies and 1 tsp. of rum. Whip mascarpone and cream with icing sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form, it will take about 5 minutes. Divide your mascarpone mixture evenly among 4 jars. Dust with cocoa. Or… Shave some chocolate using a cheese slicer or a knife. And pile on top. I am still trying to wrap my head around how something so SIMPLE and QUICK could be pure Heaven. About these ads Share this: Pin It Email Share on Tumblr Print Like this: Like Loading...