Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Tiramisù

Tiramisù is a typical northern Italian recipe. There are a lot of legends about its origins, seems it was made the first time as a tribute to a rich Italian family or some important character between 1600s and 1900s. The name means "Cheer me up", because it is so good, or because it has a lot of coffee in it...
Ingredients (for 6 people):
  • 500 gr. of Mascarpone Cheese
  • 150 gr. of Savoy biscuits
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 spoons of sugar
  • Coffee
  • Powdered chocolate



Preparation:

Separate the yolks from the egg whites and mix them with the sugar. Beat the whites till stiff and mix them with the previous mixture till the cream is smooth.
Prepare the coffee and leave it to cool (add some water to make the coffee less strong). Dunk in it the biscuits an place them into the baking tray. Cover with the cream and repeat two more times. Cover the last layer with powered chocolate and put the cake into the fridge for 2 hours.