Mini Tiramisu Cups Recipe

Ingredients

• 180 ml double cream (heavy cream) (cold)
• 250 g mascarpone (room temperature)
• 60 g powdered icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 180 ml hot water
• 12 g instant espresso powder or instant coffee granules
• 30 ml Marsala sweet wine (or coffee liqueur )
• 30 g granulated sugar
• 130 g Savoiardi Ladyfinger Biscuits (16 biscuits)
• 5 g unsweetened cocoa powder (for dusting)

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Prepare the Coffee and Biscuits ---

2. 2

   Make the coffee mix. Add the hot water, espresso powder (or coffee granules), Marsala wine (or liqueur of your choice) and sugar into a shallow bowl and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Prep ladyfinger biscuits by breaking them in half. If you have particularly small glasses then you may need to break them in thirds.

3. 3

   --- Make the Mascarpone Cream Filling ---

4. 4

   Whip the cream. Add the cold cream and powdered icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and using hand-held beater, whip on medium speed until soft peaks form. Don't over whip at this point as it will be whipped some more with the addition of mascarpone.

5. 5

   Add the mascarpone. Give the mascarpone cream a quick stir once it's at room temperature, then add it to the whipped cream and whip on low speed until firm peaks form. Don't overwhip.

6. 6

   --- Assemble the Tiramisu Cups ---

7. 7

   Layer cream and coffee-soaked laid fingers. Add 2 tablespoonful of mascarpone filling into the bottom of a glass/cup/ramekin. Dip 2 halves of ladyfinger biscuits in the coffee mixture until they are just soaked through but not soggy. Add more mascarpone filling, then another 2 ladyfinger halves soaked in coffee. Finish with a final layer of mascarpone. There should be three layers of cream and 2 layers of ladyfingers.Repeat with all the glasses. Cover each glass with plastic wrap or a lid and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. The flavour does intensify the longer you leave it though.

8. 8

   --- Serve ---

9. 9

   Remove Tiramisu Cups from the refrigerator and remove plastic wrap. Dust the top layer of mascarpone with cocoa powder. An option is to sprinkle with grated dark chocolate and serve a lady finger biscuit alongside.