French Food Friday - A Favourite Dessert

 

Although it is Italian, I think the French love tiramasu as much as the Italians. This is a quick and easy dessert recipe and one of French Boyfriend's favourites....

In this recipe any plain type of biscuits will do, you could even use chocolate biscuits it is really up to you.

The italians use pavesini which are like lady fingers whereas the French often use speculoos, the recipe works with most biscuits so you can use whatever takes your fancy.

I love the way that the French use a lot of verrines (glasses) to serve desserts, they always look stunning and chic at the same time.

 Tiramasu en Verrine

Ingredients (for 8 people):

500 g mascarpone

5 eggs

100 g caster sugar

200 g Italian biscuits "Pavesini" 

300 mls of very warm coffee

30 g of unsweetened cocoa powder

Method :
Break the eggs, separate the whites from the yolks in two bowls. Add the sugar to the yolks and whisk until the mixture whitens and forms ribbons when the whisk is lifted, then cmbine with the mascarpone. 
Whisk egg whites with a pinch of salt.Carefully mix the mascarpone mixture and the egg whites together  with a spatula, mixing from the bottom up.
In a dish, put a layer of biscuits, then a layer of the mascarpone mixture. Then another layer of biscuits, and finish with a layer of mascarpone. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.Just before serving, sprinkle with sifted cocoa.

bon fine de semaine a tous, Leeann x