Yesterday we had one of our very good friend visiting us along with his new wife. So i wanted to cook a special meal for them but but but its was Friday(pre-weekend) and my hubby had to order food from this small Indian restaurant/home delivery joint( i am giving it way too much respect by calling it a restaurant). He (my hubby) is a big digger for the food there(trust me its not worth it) and his usual is chicken 65(Specialty of Andhra) & ginger chicken(origin unknown).
So i decided to do a desert instead. Tiramisu it was. Tiramisu actually means "pick me up" its is one of the most popular deserts in Italy and one of my favorites. The original recipe which i followed was from a cook book of an Indian celebrity chef. But my problem with that recipe was it had egg in it . And i have a lot of guests coming over who don't even have eggs. But after a lot of hit and trail finally i stuck on to this recipe with eggs which worked best for me.Its not 100% original (of-course).
Cooking time - 40 mins
Chilling time - 3-4 hrs
Serves - 06
Ingredients
- 150 grams - chocolate sponge cake(or any left over chocolate cake)
- 1 teaspoon - gelatin
- 01 cup - whipped cream
- 01 cup - castor sugar
- 04 tablespoon - instant coffee powder
- 03 - Egg yolk
- 3/4 cup - mascarpone cheese
Method
- Beat whipped cream along with half of the sugar till peaks form. Dissolve gelatin in hot water keep aside.
- In a double boiler with an electric beater,beat egg yolk & remaining sugar till the mixture turns thick, fluffy & pale in colour. keep aside to cool
- After the mixture comes to room temperature add the cheese,coffee, gelatin & beat well &fold in to the whipped cream.
- Soak the cake in 2 tablespoon coffee & 1/2 cup water. Arrange half of the cake in a spring form tin.
- Layer the above mixture on the arranged coffee soaked cake & repeat.
- Chill till Tiramisu sets for about 2-3 hrs.
- Dust coco powder before serving.
- Serve chilled.
I have a big things to do list ahead.So i better get back to my daily chores. Will see you soon
Tada
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Is there any alternative for Mascarpon cheese !?
ReplyDeleteAlka why do you need an alternative.. Mascarpone cheese is basically a cream cheese which is easily available in the market. Amul has it too.
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