The Best Tiramisu Recipe - Really!

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups mascarpone cheese
• 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 (3 ounce) packages ladyfingers (approx 24 ladyfingers total)
• 1/3 cup kahlua
• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder, dust
• 1 ounce square semisweet chocolate, shaved

Recipe

• 1 to start i chill the bowl i will be whipping the cream in***
• 2 combine egg yolks and sugar in the top of a double boiler. i do this over boiling water.
• 3 reduce heat to low.
• 4 cook for about 10 minutes and don't go anywhere! stir it constantly.
• 5 remove the mixture from heat and whip the yolks until its thick.
• 6 add the mascarpone to the whipped yolks.
• 7 beat until combined.
• 8 pull your chilled bowl out of fridge and whip the cream until the stiff peaks are formed.
• 9 gently fold into yolk mixture and set aside.
• 10 split the lady fingers in half. (here's my ladyfingers recipe).
• 11 line the bottom and sides of your serving bowl with the ladyfingers.
• 12 brush the lady fingers with the kahlua or your substitution.
• 13 spoon half of the cream filling over the lady fingers.
• 14 now you are going to layer - using ladyfingers, brushed kahlua and filling.
• 15 keep going till you run out of lady fingers.
• 16 the top layer of filling is finished off with cocoa or chocolate curls.(or both!)
• 17 big success hint: "ya gotta refrigerate several hours or overnight to get the flavors to mingle! ".