Tiramisu recipe

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5/ 5 stars 48 Votes
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Serves 10 -12

For a variation on this tasty tiramisu recipe, try Italian chef Giuseppe Vargetto's version, or Vanessa Martin's popular tiramisu, made with strega, Sambuca, and Italian meringue. Also, browse our cake recipes for more sweet inspiration.

Ingredients

3 egg yolks
60g caster sugar
500g mascarpone
40ml Strega
20ml Sambuca
1 packet savoiardi biscuits
100g dark chocolate, chopped
1L hot coffee
Ground coffee

Italian meringue
100ml water
250g caster sugar
125ml egg whites
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Preparation

Place the egg yolks and caster sugar in a mixing bowl, and whisk on high speed until pale and fluffy. Add the mascarpone and, on a medium speed, whisk until it starts to thicken. Be sure not to overmix as you may split the mascarpone.

Add the liqueurs and mix until just combined. (You may adjust the quantity of liqueur according to personal taste.)  Place to one side and make the Italian meringue.

Add the water to a clean, grease-free saucepan, then slowly add the sugar, making sure that all the grains get wet. Place over a medium heat and bring to soft ball stage. 

Making sure that your mixing bowl is completely grease-free, add in your egg whites and whisk on high speed until white and fluffy. As your egg whites reach medium peak, start to slowly add your hot sugar. Once all the sugar has been added, continue to whisk until the Italian meringue has completely cooled.

Take your Italian meringue, and carefully fold into the mascarpone mix. Taste and adjust the amount of liqueur if necessary.

Take your sponge finger biscuits, and soak in the coffee, a few at a time. Give the biscuits a light squeeze to remove any excess coffee. (Try not to soak your biscuits all the way through.  There should still be a little portion in the middle that has not been soaked in the coffee.)

Line your bowl with the biscuits. Once the bowl has been completely covered with the biscuits, sprinkle with a little of the chopped chocolate.

Add a little of the mascarpone mix, coming up the bowl one-third of the way. Cover with more coffee-soaked sponge finger biscuits, and sprinkle again with the chopped chocolate. Place some more mix onto the sponge finger biscuit, coming up another one-third of the way up the bowl. Repeat this process once more, levelling out the mix with the top edge of the bowl.

Place in the fridge, and allow the tiramisu to become firm enough to cut, minimum 2 hours.

Just before serving, sprinkle with freshly ground coffee.

If you enjoyed this Tiramisu recipe then browse more Italian recipes, dessert recipes, cake recipes, entertaining recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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05 Feb 2012 04:03 AEST
Beth
Brisbane
Bit too sweet
I added a LOT more alcohol, it was delicious i used kahlua and marsala. But, i found the italian meringue a bit too sweet once combined into the dessert. Next time i will use a bit less sugar...
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30 Dec 2011 01:50 AEST
Carolinem
Toowoomba
to die for
My sister-in-law made this for Xmas - I helped. It beats Xmas pud by a thousand country miles. I'm gonna try a dairy free version using silken tofu with a little lemon juice instead of mascopone
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17 Aug 2011 07:26 AEST
anthony De Cicco
echuca
strega
u can find strega in the medertaranian in mebourne on sydney road brunswick :) hope this helps
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10 Aug 2011 03:26 AEST
Bridge
Launceston
cant find strega!
Hi everyone, I want to make this for my friends but cannot find Strega anywhere in Launceston and I dont have time to have it shipped to me! So was just wondering does anyone know a substitute apparently Galliano could be used? Cheers!
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10 Apr 2011 03:50 AEST
Noela
Mooloolaba
Delicious
Sounds like the best Tiramisu ever. Can't wait to try it out for Family and friends. Has to be a 5 star recipe
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09 Apr 2011 03:15 AEST
Anne De Blasio
My grand children just loved this desert , So it is on the menue when the family come for dinner . it is exciting and some thing diffrent Well done Guy Grossi keep the Recipes comming
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04 Oct 2010 07:36 AEST
loredana
I made this recipe with trepedition thinking it wouldnt turn out especially boiling the sugar and water. Guess what? SUCCESS !! it was delicious and now everyone wants the recipe !! Thank you.
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27 May 2010 11:25 AEST
Nital
Sydney
Tiramisu Recipe
Really delicious recipe and the best desert I have prepared. SBS also have an other Tiramisu Recipe video. Well worth a look.
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