Make the most popular dessert in Italian restaurants at home
Considered one of the most famous Italian sweets in the world, Tiramisù has increasingly won over Brazilians, both for its flavor and for the energy it brings to those who taste it.
The name of the sweet comes from the Italian expression “Tirami Sù”, which means something like “pull me up” or “lift me up”. “If you are going to help lift a person who by chance falls to the floor and asks for help, precisely this act of getting up means tiramisù”, explained the Italian owner of the bakery and confectionery Napolimania, Gennaro Di Liddo.
However, there are several theories about the origin of the dessert.
Many regions of Italy claim to be the creators of tiramisu, including Piedmont, Lombardy and Tuscany. However, it originally came from the Veneto region, specifically from Treviso.
Some stories say that tiramisù appeared in an orphanage in a small Italian town with the intention of giving energy to the local children. Another says that the person who created the dessert was a restaurant owner who, as a child, was used to having two types of high-calorie snacks, and that's why she combined cookies, coffee and a slice of cheese, thus creating the sweet treat.
A third theory says that “the candy was created to give energy to prostitutes of the time who had a lot of work. They needed to eat and have plenty of energy.
In Brazil, the tiramisù recipe arrived with immigrants and had to be adapted due to the lack of some Italian ingredients. Mascarpone cheese, chocolate and coffee are the main ingredients of the dessert.
Check out the original recipe
Ingredients
6 egg yolks
250 grams of sugar
500 grams of mascarpone
250 milliliters of espresso or very strong bitter brewed coffee
30 champagne cookies
Cocoa powder for sprinkling
Way of preparing
Prepare the coffee, let it cool and set aside. Beat the egg yolks with the help of a mixer, adding the sugar in the form of rain until you get a dense foam.
Turn off the mixer Using a spatula, add the mascarpone, beating gently until you get a soft and uniform cream.
Soak the biscuits one by one in coffee at room temperature, but without soaking them. Place a layer of fifteen cookies on a round dish (yes, the original tiramisù is round) and cover with the cream.
Arrange the rest of the cookies and cover again with the cream to finish. Then place it in the refrigerator and leave it for at least an hour.
When serving, sprinkle with dark chocolate.
Watch the video, in Italian, with pastry chef Roberto Linguanotto who makes the recipe for 12 people:
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