Recipe: Chocolate Tiramisu

Tiramisu is delicious in general, but this one has no raw eggs, no alcohol and lots of chocolate. Yum.

Chocolate Tiramisu

(Adapted from the recipe originally posted here)

Ingredients

300 ml thickened cream

400g mascarpone cheese

1 cup vanilla custard

250 g savoiardi ladyfinger biscuits

Chocolate syrup

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup couverture chocolate

1 tsp cocoa powder

1 tsp instant coffee

100 ml water

4 tbs espresso syrup

Espresso syrup

8 tbs instant espresso coffee granules

4 tbs dark brown sugar

3 tbs hot water

1 tbs brandy flavouring

To make the espresso syrup, combine the coffee, sugar and hot water until dissolved, then add the brandy flavouring.

In a double boiler, combine all the chocolate syrup ingredients. Heat, stirring continuously, until combined. The syrup will resemble a colloid, with chocolate solids suspended in a watery solution. Turn off heat.  Leave the syrup in the double boiler until needed.

Carefully mix the custard and mascarpone cheese until blended. Whip the cream with an electric mixer. Fold gently into custard mixture.

Prepare tiramisu in wine glasses, ramekins or any other small containers. Put a spoonful of the cream mixture into the bottom of each container, spreading it a little to cover the base. Dip ladyfingers in the chocolate syrup and place upright in the cream, so as to line the sides of the container. (Break the ladyfingers in half if they are too long.) Add more of the cream mixture to the centre. Place more syrup-dipped ladyfingers in the middle. Top with remaining cream. 

Drizzle remaining chocolate syrup on top. Refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled.