Ingredients:
2 egg yolks
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
500g mascarpone cheese
1 1/2 cups strong black coffee
2-3 tbsp Kahlua or Tia Maria
250g French lady fingers
1. Whip egg yolks, sugar and vanilla together until creamy.
2. Add the mascarpone, mixing together well.
3. Put the strong coffee into a shallow dish then add the coffee liquor.
4. Dip the Lady fingers into the coffee for a second or two. sufficient time to absorb the coffee without falling apart, then place in a single layer in a serving dish.
5. Spread with mascarpone misture then add another layer of coffee-dipped biscuits.
6. Continue in this manner till ending with a layer of mascarpone.
7. Drift over a fine layer of sieved cocoa powder, then cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Tips:
1. Leave the tiramisu overnight, it tastes better as everything has soaked into the biscuit.
2. Coffee must be cool, otherwise the biscuit will just crumble and melt.
3. If mascarpone is too thick/difficult to stir, add some milk.
Prepared by: Adele Khor
Recipe by: Adele Khor