Make Italian tiramisu in under 5 minutes with this easiest ever tiramisu recipe. There is no added sugar and it’s low fat.
Here I show the quickest, simplest and cheapest way of making it, using minimum ingredients to make it light and less fattening, but equally delicious. And and it’s ready to eat in under 5 minutes!
This is a favourite recipe, Italian Tiramisu – a classic dessert. Having lived in Italy for almost 25 years, I have tried Tiramisu all over Italy in restaurants and homes – made by chefs and Nonna’s – but this is my favourite because it’s so easy and quick to make and so tasty. It’s also much lower in fat and sugar than any other tiramisu recipes.
The Sexy History of Tiramisu
Did you know that it was invented in the Italian brothels of Treviso in Northern Italy?
Watch the video to end to find out more!
Ingredients
500g or 2½ cups mascarpone
½ cup cream or 1 pot yoghurt (low fat or otherwise)
Strong black coffee
Sherry, rum or brandy
Savoiardi biscuits
Dark pure cocoa powder
Directions
Put mascarpone into mixing bowl and thin down with yoghurt or cream – mix
Soak first layer of savoiardi (sponge fingers) in coffee in a separate dish
Put on base of serving dish
Drizzle chosen alcohol over
Add layer of mascarpone mix and smooth
Repeat process and after final layer of mascarpone has been smoothed down, sprinkle over with cocoa
This whole process takes less than 5 minutes and it is now ready to eat OR you can chill it in the fridge if you like a firmer tiramisu.
Thumbnail Image Credit
Tiramisu with blueberries and raspberries. Tutto Pasta’s Restaurant Week
Date July 31, 2011, 14:16:22
Source Flickr : Tiramisu
Author Alexis Fam
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