Easy Tiramisu (2024)

FAQs

What can I use instead of ladyfingers for tiramisu? ›

There are 2 components and 4 layers in tiramisu. Each component is layered twice. It goes: espresso-dipped ladyfingers, mascarpone cream, remaining espresso-dipped ladyfingers, and remaining mascarpone cream. Dust the whole thing with a dense layer of unsweetened cocoa powder to finish.

The Best Mascarpone Cheese Substitute

To make this mascarpone substitute, mix together 12 ounces of room temperature cream cheese (1 ½ blocks) with ¼ cup of heavy whipping cream and ¼ cup of sour cream until combined.

They're often called savioardi and are imported from Italy. If you can't find these and your supermarket only has soft, cakelike ladyfingers, you'll need to let them dry out in the oven first. Moist ladyfingers will soak up too much liquid and the tiramisù will be mushy.

Traditional tiramisu contains ladyfingers (savoiardi), egg yolks, sugar, coffee, mascarpone and cocoa powder. A common variant involves soaking the savoiardi in alcohol, such as Marsala wine, amaretto or a coffee-based liqueur.

Mascarpone is made similarly to American cream cheese, but it uses a base of whole cream rather than milk. Like cream cheese, it is a fresh cheese that is not aged before it is eaten. Cream cheese contains at least 33% milk fat, and mascarpone may contain 60-75% milk fat.

Alcohol: Tiramisu can be made with or without alcohol. This recipe calls for coffee flavored liqueur because I like that it enhances the coffee flavor, but other options are marsala wine or brandy. Make Ahead Instructions: Tiramisu is even better when made in advance, allowing the flavors to blend!

Sour cream can be used as a mascarpone replacement in equal quantities (1:1 ratio) in savory recipes, but be sure to use full-fat sour cream as low fat versions contain way too much water.

Our classic version is a naturally sweet, yet surprisingly light cheese (1/2 the calories of butter.) produced from only the freshest cream, its soft, creamy texture spreads with ease and blends well with other ingredients.

Is heavy cream double cream? ›

Double cream lives up to its name by boasting one of the highest butterfat contents of all the cream varieties, weighing in at 48%. (For extra context, heavy cream or heavy whipping cream's fat content is 36-38%, and whipping cream's is 30%.)

Don't soak! Quickly dip the cookies into your coffee or liquor. Try not to leave them in the liquid too long—a quick dip will do. Overly soggy cookies make for a wet texture and a messy dessert.

Any sweet sherry style goes perfectly with Tiramisu, although pedro ximénez is great choice. Its luscious, velvety texture will pair with the soft, delicate notes of this classy dessert.

The Problem: High-Calorie Ingredients

Lots of whipping cream, boatloads of mascarpone cheese and the cake-like ladyfingers cookies. Some recipes call for several cups of whipping cream, but just one cup contains a whopping 414 calories and 44 grams of fat (28 of them saturated.)

Lady fingers, or Saviordi biscuits, are dry Italian style biscuits that get dunked in the coffee soak and soften to form the base of a perfect tiramisu!

Ladyfingers (also known as “savoiardi” or “sponge fingers”) are simple sponge cookies that are often used to make Tiramisu! These versatile finger-shaped cookies are great for soaking up the flavors of whatever sweet treat you add them to.

Shortbread is a tight crumb, crisp, and buttery cookie, yet ladyfingers are light, airy, and meringue-based. So the two are very different cookies in several ways. However, both ladyfingers and shortbread are often used in trifles and other layered desserts.

Trader Joe's Soft Lady Fingers (5 biscuit) contains 20g total carbs, 19g net carbs, 1g fat, 2g protein, and 100 calories.