Tiramisu
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Recipe type: Cakes & Bakes
Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 200 g tub mascarpone
- 1 vanilla pod
- 450 ml (3/4 pint) warm, strong black coffee
- 4 medium egg yolks
- 75 g (3oz) caster sugar
- 284 ml carton double cream, whipped into soft peaks
- 100 ml (3½ fl oz) grappa
- 200 g packet sponge fingers
- 1 level tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- Put the mascarpone in a bowl
- Cut the vanilla pod in half lengthways
- Scrape out the seeds
- Add them to the mascarpone
- Add the vanilla pod to the coffee
- Pour into a shallow dish
- Allow the flavours to mingle
- In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale and light
- Then whisk in the mascarpone until smooth
- Then fold in the whipped cream and grappa
- Take half the of the sponge fingers and dip each in turn into the coffee
- Then arrange them in the bottom of the shallow 2.4 litre dish
- Spread with half the mascarpone mixture
- Then dip the remaining sponge fingers in the coffee
- Arrange on a dish with a final layer of mascarpone mixture
- Leave and chill the tiramisu for at least 2 hours
- Dust with the cocoa powder
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