Rum And Ricotta Tiramisu

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
• 3/4 cup light cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon rum or 1 tablespoon cognac
• 1/4 cup superfine sugar
• 1 1/2 cups very strong espresso or 1 1/2 cups good quality coffee, cooled
• 16 ladyfingers
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 beat the cheeses, rum and sugar with electric beaters until light and creamy and set aside.
• 2 pour the coffee into a large shallow dish.
• 3 quickly dip 1 side of half the ladyfingers into the coffee and lay closely together with the dipped side down over the base of a large flat-based serving dish or large cafe au lait cups.
• 4 spread half of the cheese mixture evenly over the ladyfingers.
• 5 dust with half the cocoa then repeat layers with coffee-dipped biscuits and cheese.
• 6 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 7 dust with remaining cocoa just before serving.