Easy Tiramisu Recipe: Classic Italian Dessert, No Bake
Creamy classic tiramisu with mascarpone, coffee-soaked ladyfingers and cocoa. No baking, 25 minutes of work, then the fridge does the rest.
Published
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 0 min
- Total
- 25 min
- Servings
- 8
Tiramisu is the easiest impressive dessert there is: no oven, five main ingredients and a night in the fridge. The cream should be thick enough to hold its shape when spread.
Ingredients
- 500 g (2 cups) mascarpone, cold
- 4 very fresh eggs, separated (use pasteurized eggs if serving to children, pregnant or elderly people)
- 100 g (½ cup) sugar
- 300 ml (1¼ cups) strong coffee or espresso, cooled
- 200 g (about 24) ladyfingers (savoiardi)
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- Beat the egg yolks with the sugar for 3–4 minutes until pale and thick. Beat in the mascarpone until smooth.
- In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them gently into the mascarpone cream.
- Dip each ladyfinger very quickly into the coffee (1–2 seconds) and lay them in a 30 × 20 cm (12 × 8 inch) dish.
- Spread half the cream on top, add another layer of dipped ladyfingers and finish with the rest of the cream.
- Cover and chill for at least 6 hours, ideally overnight.
- Dust with cocoa just before serving.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal
- 460
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 34 g
- Fat
- 31 g
Tips
- Dip the ladyfingers fast: soaked biscuits make a watery tiramisu.
- Egg-free version: whip 200 ml cold cream with the sugar and fold it into the mascarpone instead of the eggs.
- Keeps 2 days in the fridge.
