Comments on: Tiramisu & Stinky Accusations

By: Noga

Noga — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:51:23 +0000

Tiramisu is my most ever favourite dessert. In my experience, any combination of sponge cake, strong esspresso, cream cheese (or ricotta, or Mascarpone or even quark), alcohol (rum, coffee liqueuer, congac, etc), cream, vanilla, and just a soupcon of cinnamon, can do the trick. I once made a low fat Tiramisu from angel food cake mix and low fat ricotta cheese which was enormously successful.

When I see, read ot hear Tiramisu, my mind immediately leaps to Seattle. Not because of the mandatory coffee content in the dessert, but because of this tiramisu of a movie,

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

“Sam Baldwin: What is “tiramisu”?
Jay: You’ll find out.
Sam Baldwin: Well, what is it?
Jay: You’ll see!
Sam Baldwin: Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I’m not gonna know what it is! “

By: Brockeim

Brockeim — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:30:47 +0000

All things coffee deserve grand and delicious worship, if but only a step away from being a diety.

I have yet to make tiramisu, and this recipe might be my first try.

By: sapote

sapote — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:05:13 +0000

Being as we are the college students taking a cooking class, and not actual gourmands possessed of things like espresso machines, we recently set out to buy a full thirty ounces of espresso in order to make tiramisu.

(if only we had known we could just make very strong coffee, all this trouble could have been avoided)

Being as we live in a small town which prides itself on keeping an eye on the young’uns, we had to promise both counter staff and coffeehouse manager that 1) it was a cooking experiment, not a fraternity prank and 2) under no circumstances were we going to let someone chug thirty ounces of espresso.

The tiramisu was delicious.

By: lorraine

lorraine — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:02:20 +0000

what!! no rum? a very delectable recipe, nonetheless, mr henry.

By: Toddson

Toddson — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:55:40 +0000

Actually, it IS possible to ruin tiramisu following this recipe. An article in The Washington Post several years ago was written by someone who came from someplace (alas, I forget which) where “ladyfingers” refers to okra. As a result, she sliced okra, soaked it in coffee, and proceeded from there. It was not a pretty sight and, seemingly, tasted worse than it looked.

By: la petite chou chou

la petite chou chou — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:22:57 +0000

Ooh deliciousness. I’ve never had actual tiramisu, but I simply adore tiramisu gellato.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:15:54 +0000

Don’t worry. The thing is failproof. You can fudge any proportion and it turns out just fine. I find myself in the uncomfortable position of disagreeing, somewhat vehemently, with Mr. Henry. Mr. Henry's faith in the absolute inability to screw up tiramisu is charming but, alas, misplaced. With tiramisu, it's all about the balance. This is one of my absolute most favorite desserts, but no one else in my family will eat it, which prevents me from making it at all. The consequences would be quite dire if I had to eat it all myself!