Eggless and Effortless Tiramisu
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 1⅓ cup cold dark coffee
  • 2 tablespoons spiced rum
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum
  • 18-22 lady fingers
  • ⅔ cup organic heavy cream
  • 8 ounces Neufchatel cream cheese
  • 8 ounces mascarpone
  • ¾ cup confectioner’s sugar
  • ½ tsp organic vanilla extract
  • 2 ounces organic dark chocolate, shaved with a vegetable peeler
  • Optional berry layer or topping:
  • 1 ½ cup mixed berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (1/2 a lemon)
  • 1-2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons Cointreau
Instructions
  1. In a wide shallow bowl, combine the coffee and the two types of rum.
  2. Chill the metal bowl and the whisk beaters of your stand mixer in the freezer while you dip the first layer of lady fingers and lay them in the bottom of your pan. I used a 10” x 5” ceramic Emile Henry pan, but you can use an 8” square cake pan or even individual dessert cups.
  3. Dip the ladyfingers quickly so that they absorb the coffee mixture but don’t fall apart.
  4. Remove the chilled bowl and beaters from the freezer and whip the cream for a few minutes until it forms peaks. Scrape the whipped cream into a separate bowl because you are going to need the mixer again to whip the cream cheese, mascarpone, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla. No need to clean out the mixing bowl.
  5. Whip the cream cheese, mascarpone, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla in the mixing bowl of the stand mixer until smooth (about 3-4 minutes, scraping down the bowl a couple of times to make sure that everything is well mixed).
  6. Fold in the whipped cream.
  7. Layer on the cream cheese/mascarpone mixture over the first layer of lady fingers.
  8. Grate the dark chocolate over the first layer OR add the optional berry layer (which makes it a much healthier and more substantial dessert). I like to use a vegetable peeler to shave my dark chocolate.
  9. Repeat with the layer of dipped ladyfingers, the cream cheese/mascarpone mixture, and the shaved dark chocolate and/or berry mixture.
  10. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least an hour before serving. If you aren't using the optional berry layer, you can make it 4-8 hours ahead of time. If you still want to serve it with the berries, I would suggest using the berries as a colorful topping!
Notes
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Recipe by Fool a Carnivore at https://foolacarnivore.com/eggless-and-effortless-tiramisu-2/