Unable to offer its services in person, Tropisme has migrated online. And among the activities offered on the site, you can find Lucie and her daughter Ollie's baking tutorials: every Saturday, they cook together one of Ollie's favorite desserts. Not only is it adorable, but it makes you want to roll up your sleeves and get baking (so you can indulge afterwards, as you may have guessed).
Last Saturday, the cooking duo served us a tutorial for making a delicious homemade tiramisu. They even offered an alternative for those who don't like coffee!
Ingredients
For the biscuit: (can be easily replaced with store-bought cookies such as Petit Lu or ladyfingers)
- 3 eggs
- 60g of caster sugar
- 80g of flour
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 15 ml of hot water
- A baking tray 27x39 cm
For the cream:
- 3 eggs (s&- Separate the egg white from the yolk
- 50g of brown sugar
- 80g of granulated sugar
- 300g of mascarpone
- 10 cl of 30% cream
In addition: 200 cl of coffee
You can replace the coffee with syrup:
- 10 cl of water
- 80g of sugar
- Vanilla and/or rum flavoring
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© Photos by Lucie
First step: the biscuit
1. Break the eggs into a bowl.
2. Add the sugar, then mix everything with a beater until the mixture doubles in volume. Add hot water to help the mixture rise. As Ollie would say, "Ci vuole molta pazienza!" (It requires a lot of patience!)
3. Once this is done, slowly add the flour.
4. Mix in the previously melted butter.
5. Pour the mixture into the mold, and bake in the oven for 8 minutes at 200 degrees.
Second step: the cream
1. Mix the cream and mascarpone. The cream should double in volume and harden like whipped cream. Place in the refrigerator.
2. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then add the sugar and semolina. To test if your egg whites are stiff enough, try turning the bowl upside down. If everything stays in place, it's perfect!
3. In another bowl, whisk the egg yolks with brown sugar until the mixture becomes pale. You should have three bowls now: the mascarpone with cream, the egg yolks with sugar, and the whipped egg whites.
4. Mix the mascarpone and cream with the egg yolks, then fold in the whipped egg whites.
Third and final step: presentation
1. Cut the biscuit to fit the shape of the glass or dish chosen.
2. First, add the biscuit, then the coffee (or syrup), the cream, and finally the cocoa.
3. Then, start all over again!
Buon appetito!
Next Saturday, it's caramel flan. Find more recipes on Tropisme's Facebook page!