Recipe - Raspberry Tiramisu (But Strawberries Would Work Too)

600 g Frozen berries ( I use more
)
24 Ladyfingers ( I use fairly
plain Italian sponge
biscuits)
500 g Marscapone
2 Egg yolks
One half cup Sugar
1 One half cup Whipping cream
One fourth cup Brandy
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Cocoa powder
One half cup Icing sugar

GARNISHES
Fresh berries
Choco hail or silver dragees

Rod Grant had asked for a trifle recipe, while this is not trifle it is
fairly close, very good and can be made a day ahead. It is from the
Canadian Living Christmas Cookbook

Defrost the berries in a sieve, reserving the liquid.

In a double boiler combine sugar and egg yolks, and beat over hot water
until thick and lemon coloured, about 5 min. Combine with marscapone. Whip
One half cup of the whipping cream and fold into the marscapone. Add brandy,
vanilla and lemon juice.

Place a layer of biscuits in the bottom of a glass bowl and brush with some
of the berry liquid. Sprinkle with about 1/3 of the berries, top with 1/3
of the marscapone and sieve over about 1 tsp of cocoa.

Repeat two more times.

Whip remaining cream with icing sugar and spread on top, allowing some of
the marscapone to show around the edges. Sieve over more cocoa, and garnish
with fresh berries and choco bits.

Notes : I find the marscapone too rich so I have used half of a 450g
container of ricotta and 250 g of Philly cream cheese (light works just as
well) I also don't add the brandy, since I prefer my liquor and my food in
separate receptacles. I don't think it suffers from the omission. And,
rather than brushing the ladyfingers/biscuits I just briefly dunk them in
the berry juice and then put them in a bowl.

This can be made the day before, probably is better for the resting time,
but I do not put the whipped cream on top until the day I am going to serve
it.

I must confess that I am typing this from memory, but I don't think I have
missed anything.

Posted to FOODWINE Digest 21 Dec 96

From: Renata Gocht gocht@VAX.LIBRARY.UTORONTO.CA

Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 19:22:09 EST