I have mentioned before that I enjoy cooking. I was planning to make a tiramisu for Valentine's Day. Homemade. The idea terrified me. I assumed that this Italian dessert was complicated to make. Plans changed and I wasn't able to get to the store in enough time and blame it on me being lazy, it didn't get made for VD. My mans birthday caused me to re think the idea of making it. So I was determined to make it for him. Instead of a cake or fancy party, tiramisu. There are tons of recipes for this dessert. Seems like everyone had their own twist and their own idea about what it should be made with, how much, and what flavoring. Which isn't a bad thing, I mean variety is the spice of life, right? So I looked for a simple, easy to do, recipe. One that won't cause me to be in the kitchen for hours on end making sure everything turned out ok.
I found one on Foodnetwork: Giada De Laurentiis. She is host of the show Everyday Italian. Looks easy, simple ingredients. Bingo! I get all the stuff together thru the week before the birthday. Have a difficult time finding the mascarpone cheese, and more of a difficult time pronouncing it. I finally go to the super cool local farmers market around our area. We love that place. So many new and exotic things. Anywho, find the cheese and get everything together. Make it the night before. I follow directions close to the point. I might have messed up on an egg or two. It calls for egg yolks, which i have a hard time separating the yolks and whites. Don't have a fancy separator at home so used hands. Lost a yolk or two. Mixed, added stuff other than the liquor that she called for, in fact I used Mudslide mix that was in the fridge. It's way to strong so I don't drink it. Get everything worked on, add the cheese, dip the ladyfinger. Every went smooth as it could for the first time making it. Put in the fridge over night.
It turned out great. Well, a few things could have been changed. I ran out of ladyfingers so it wasn't as solid as it should have been. I did not add the coco on top as you usually see it done. I had even bought chocolate to put shavings on top, but did not do that either. But, the flavor was fantastic!! Such a good coffee flavor, texture was ok. Cheese turned out better than I thought it would. So all around I am happy with this experience. My man was too and that was the point. A nice birthday tiramisu for him. I do have a few suggestions if you plan to make this, have plenty of ladyfingers, and use a deep dish that is about 8x8inches. Enjoy!
Here is the recipe of you would like to give it a try:
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