Spinach and Ricotta Baked Pasta | Book of Elsa

WHITE TIRAMISU | BOOK OF ELSA

This was borne from a love of tiramisu and wanting to spread this love far and wide. To those who currently don’t like the espresso boozy concoction I suggest this will convert you. I call it ‘white’ simply because there is no chocolate and/or coffee and I realise the addition of cream means it stops technically being a ‘tiramisu’, however it is delicious.  

WHITE TIRAMISU 

Ingredients 

• 2 egg yolks 
• 1 egg white, whisked until foamy 

• 90g caster sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 250g room temperature mascarpone 
• 300ml double cream, softly whipped  
• 2 shop bought madeira cake loaves 

• 160ml rum 
• 200ml milk 
• 2 punnets of strawberries 
• Juice of half a lemon 

Method 

1. Hull and halve strawberries, squeeze the lemon juice on top and cover with cling film.  

2. Place the egg yolks and caster sugar in a bowl big enough to take everything later and whisk until pale yellow and sugar has more or less dissolved.  

3. Add the vanilla extract, mascarpone, foamy egg white and whipped cream. Stir to combine, cover and set aside. 

4. In a jug combine the milk and rum 

5. Slice the cake loaves to 1cm thickness and arrange some at the bottom of a glass bowl. Your layer will depend on the shape of the bowl.  

6. Cover the cake slices with spiked milk, half the strawberries and half of the cream. 

7. Layer more cake, pour spiked milk on top add the rest of strawberries and the last of the cream. 

8. Cover with cling film and refrigerate overnight or at least 6 hours before serving.