Tiramisù

‘Pick me up’: coffee, mascarpone and savoiardi

INGREDIENTS

• 500 g mascarpone
• 4 eggs
• 100 g sugar
• About 300 g savoiardi (ladyfingers)
• 300 ml espresso coffee, cooled
• Unsweetened cocoa powder

METHOD

1. Make the coffee and let it cool in a shallow dish.
2. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale, then mix in the mascarpone. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold them in gently.
3. Dip the savoiardi quickly in the coffee and lay them in a dish. Cover with a layer of cream. Repeat, finishing with cream.
4. Chill for at least 4 hours and dust with cocoa just before serving.

At Back and Forth

At the exchange, the shopping list said it all: 6 kg of mascarpone, enough tiramisù for the whole group.

From the Youth Exchange Back and Forth (20–30 June 2025), organised by Associazione Kora at the educational farm La Buona Terra, Passignano sul Trasimeno. Project 2024-1-IT03-KA151-YOU-000220163. Funded by the European Union; views expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU or the Agenzia Italiana per la Gioventù.