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Pistachio tiramisu

Original taste tiramisu

At the beginning of this year we went for a weekend to Budapest. One of the nights there, we had a very good meal in a nice restaurant and as my husband is a tiramisu lover – we ordered it for dessert. But, it was quite an unusual and tasty tiramisu – pistachio tiramisu. I really enjoyed it. Thus, I’ve decided to prepare it myself. Enjoy this pistachio tiramisu!

pistachio tiramisu

Yield: 4 tiramisu

Ingredients:

ingredients

250g mascarpone
4 eggs
4 spoons of pistachio paste
100g sugar
150ml espresso
2 tea spoons of amaretto liqueur
8-10 lady fingers
100g chopped pistachos

Mango Charlotte

Charlotte’s story

Charlotte is a very tasty, elegant looking and easy to prepare summer cake that is quite popular in France. Its core is creamy fruit mousse, bordered all around with ladyfingers. It is really a very light cake, and great for pairing with different fruits. I’ve prepared my first version with mango and it came out very well. The second version was with rhubarb and raspberries; that recipe I will share with you another time. For now, enjoy this mango charlotte decorated with raspberries.

mango charlotte with raspberries

Yield: 4 portions

Ingredients:

Mango mousse:

1 big ripe mango – should yield around 300g mango flesh, cut into small pieces
50g + 10g sugar – depends on how sweet you want it to be
4 gelatin leaves
half of a lemon’s juice & and the grated zest (optional)
50g water
100g liquid cream
10-15 ladyfingers
Some fruit for the decoration according to your taste.

Biscuits à la cuillère or lady fingers

What is it used for?

Lady fingers are light and soft biscuits, roughly shaped like a large finger. They are usually used as the base for different desserts, for example, charlotte and tiramisu.

lady fingers – the base for tiramisu or charlotte

Yield: 30 lady fingers, 10-12cm long

Ingredients:

120g egg whites or 4 egg whites
70g powder suger
65g egg yolks – 3 egg yolks
40g starch
40g flour
some icing sugar for the top