Tiramisu: top of the best recipes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Tiramisu is a fairly popular dessert served in almost every restaurant. It is composed of soft biscuits as well as a coffee impregnation and a delicate cheese-based cream.

It may seem to many that the recipe for making such a delicacy is too complicated, but this is not so, because you can easily cook tiramisu according to the classic recipe at home, and the delicacy will turn out no worse than in a restaurant. We will provide a basic recipe with step by step photos to make it easier to prepare the dessert.

Classic version

This amount of ingredients is enough for ten servings of a sweet treat. Making dessert is easy, especially if you follow the step-by-step recipe with the photo exactly.

Ingredients:

• cream cheese - 520 grams;
• espresso or boiled coffee - 460 ml;
• ladies' fingers cookies - 270 grams;
• granulated sugar - 6 tablespoons;
• cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons;
• quality cognac - 2 spoons;
• chicken eggs - 6 pieces.

Cooking process:

First you need to brew strong coffee. To do this, the grains are crushed in a coffee grinder, the required amount is placed in a Turk and poured with water. The drink is cooked over low heat, it is important not to bring the coffee to a boil. As soon as foam forms on the surface, you can remove the drink from the heat

• It is possible to simply prepare a drink in the coffee maker.
• As soon as the espresso cools down, the required amount of cognac is added to it, you can replace the cognac with liqueur. If the dessert is intended for children, then cognac is completely excluded from the recipe.

• The dessert will turn out delicious and non-alcoholic additives. If you have almond syrup at home, you can add it to your coffee.
• Now they are preparing clean containers, it is very important that they are dry. The eggs are washed, since the cream is prepared with raw eggs, they must be very fresh.

Now the yolks are separated from the whites and transferred to separate containers. When separating proteins, you should watch that not a single drop of yolk gets into the protein mass, otherwise the proteins will not whip into a strong foam

Sugar is added to the yolks and everything is beaten with a mixer at maximum speed, as soon as the yolks become light and foam is obtained, you can stop the beating process. There should be no sugar grains in the mixture. You can replace granulated sugar with powdered sugar

The required amount of Mascarpone cheese is added to the mass of whipped yolks; it is better to choose the highest quality product in order to get a delicious dessert. The mass is stirred with a spatula from bottom to top to keep the cream fluffy

• The whites are whipped into a fluffy mass, first the whipping process begins at a low speed, gradually increasing the speed of the mixer. As a result, you should get an airy, but very thick mass.
• The finished proteins are transferred to the yolks with cheese, after which everything is gently mixed. Use a silicone spatula for mixing. It is strictly forbidden to use the mixer at this stage.

When the cream is ready, you can start assembling the dessert; for this, you should prepare small molds or bowls in advance. When the dessert is served to guests, it is recommended to use transparent bowls, so the dessert will attract attention not only by its taste, but also by its appearance

They start assembling the classic tiramisu recipe at home. To do this, each cookie is dipped in prepared coffee, while there is no need to completely dip the cookies into the drink, only half is enough. If the stick is too long, it may break

First, the first layer of cookies is laid out according to a step-by-step recipe with a photo, 1-2 sticks of cookies are enough for the first layer

• Next, a layer of cream is laid and the cookies are laid out again. Cover everything on top with a layer of cream and cover the dessert with cling film. In this form, the dessert is removed to the refrigerator chamber for impregnation.
• If possible, the dessert is kept in the cold for at least twelve hours.

Before serving the dessert, remove the cling film, and then sprinkle the top of the cream with cocoa powder. To ensure that the cocoa is well distributed on the surface, it is recommended to use a sieve.

With cherry

This is another fairly simple recipe for making classic tiramisu at home; fresh cherries or sweet cherries will be used here as an additive. If there is no such berry at home, you can replace it with strawberries or fresh raspberries.

Ingredients:

• fresh sweet cherries - 370 grams;
• soft cream cheese - 260 grams;
• Savoyardi cookies - 260 grams;
• fat cream from 33% - 290 ml;
• coffee liqueur - 4 tablespoons;
• powdered sugar - 4 tablespoons;
• brewed espresso - 1 cup;
• vanillin - a pinch;
• dark chocolate - 65 grams.

Cooking process:

1. If you follow the step-by-step recipe with a photo, then first you should take soft cheese and mix it with whipped cream, add a quarter of liqueur and powdered sugar there.
2. The remaining three tablespoons of liquor are added to the finished boiled espresso; this amount of alcohol is taken for 200 ml of coffee.
3. Now a bowl is taken, in which a layer of cheese cream is first laid, you can use a large form, and then cut the dessert into portioned cakes.
4. Cookies with one side are dipped into the prepared coffee, after which they are placed on the cream with the dry side, it is important to lay the cookies in a fairly dense layer.
5. Then you can lay out the layers in order. After the cookies, there is a layer of fresh cherries that have been previously pitted. From above everything is covered with a layer of cream, and the layer of cookies, cherries and cream is repeated.
6. When the dessert is harvested, sprinkle with grated chocolate, you can replace the dark chocolate with regular cocoa. Leave the tiramisu for one night in the refrigerator, and then serve it to the table.

Tiramisu without eggs

If the house does not have the number of eggs that is necessary to prepare tiramisu according to the classic recipe, then at home you can make a dessert without eggs. Many pastry chefs use just such a recipe for making a dessert, while the absence of eggs does not affect the taste.

Ingredients:

• heavy cream from 30% - 125 ml;
• mascarpone cheese - 270 grams;
• strong black coffee - 190 ml;
• quality condensed milk - 65 grams;
• homemade cookies or Savoyardi - 17 pieces;
• dark chocolate without sugar - 65 grams.

Cooking process:

1. Fatty cream is poured into a large container and then whipped until thick, the required amount of condensed milk and cheese is poured there, everything is mixed with a fork until smooth. The ingredients are additionally beaten with a mixer for ten minutes.
2. Next, coffee is brewed and allowed to cool for a few minutes, it is necessary that the drink turns out to be no more than 35 degrees.
3. Now cookies are dipped in coffee, this must be done quickly, without overexposing the base of the dessert in the drink, otherwise the cookies will get very wet.
4. The cookies are laid out in the first layer in a prepared form, after which everything is greased with a layer of cream, then the cookies are laid out again and covered with a dense layer of creamy mass. The process is repeated until the cookies and cream are finished.
5. Sprinkle the finished delicacy through a sieve with a layer of cocoa, you can replace cocoa with grated chocolate.

The cake is sent to the refrigerator chamber for five hours, during which time the cookies are soaked. You can garnish the treat with a sprig of mint when serving.

Some helpful tips

If the hostess prepares tiramisu according to a step-by-step recipe with a photo, she should still take into account several important points, without which the dessert will not turn out so tasty:

1. The dessert should be kept in the refrigerator for at least four hours, it is even better to leave the tiramisu in the cold overnight so that the delicacy is soaked. This should be taken into account when preparing a cake for a celebration.
2. It is not at all necessary to prepare a dessert with thick cream; it is not always possible to make a base of cheese of the required consistency. In this case, the dessert is made out in molds or bowls.
3. You can use it with a dessert spoon or fork.
4. After the dessert has hardened enough, it must be cut into portions. Since the delicacy is very delicate and soft, the knife can damage it, therefore, before each cut, you should moisten the blade with water.

As a basis, you can not buy ready-made cookies, but cook them yourself.

If it is not possible to purchase Mascarpone cheese, the chefs recommend choosing a good soft cottage cheese for dessert, as a result, the cake will taste no worse. Various types of berries are used as additives, they can be fresh or frozen.