Making Real Tiramisu with Homemade Ladyfingers

look I've gotta be honest with you I don't make or eat tiramisu all that often I know a really good cell Josh very good but after today and four slices of tiramisu in my body that's gonna have to change and I think it'll change for you too ok so we're making tiramisu it's a classic I know the Italians are gonna yell at me alright the point is this is very very tasty after coming back from the holidays my ability to communicate is just not very good let's talk about ladyfingers I'm tired of the store-bought kind I say that about literally anything from scratch tiramisu so with all that said I hope you enjoyed your holidays I hope that you're gonna have a great New Year's Eve but more importantly let's make this shall we like I said we need to address the ladyfingers no not those so although the store-bought ones are nice and even and pretty and they're just easy there's a huge benefit to making your own which is a they're not that hard to make be obviously they are way better when you make them yourself and see if you can't buy them in your area now you can make it let's take a shower let's taste tests so here's what they sound like it sounds sad well now this real dry so they're real dry which makes sense why you would want to soak them into something because man that is really boring on its own in there a processing that's come now the ingredient list for ladyfingers is real simple and the bowl of a stand mixer you're gonna combine three whole eggs half a cup or 108 grams of granulated sugar then you're gonna take a shallow pot of water bring that to a simmer over medium high heat and set your stand mixer bowl on top about now make sure that your stand mixer bowl fits over this pot decently if you don't want it touching the water aka double boiler now continuously whisk the eggs and the sugar until that mixture reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit or 71 degrees Celsius this should take less than five minutes and if it curdles that means you overheated it now say hello to our new b-roll homie Big Bertha she just arrived now set up your stand mixer with the whisk attachment and beat your heated egg mixture on high speed for seven to ten minutes or until it's two and a half times its original volume and it reaches a very light soft Pikachu looks sort of like soft-serve when you pull the whisk out of it then beat in one teaspoon or three grams of vanilla extract remove it from your stand mixer and gently fold in one cup 140 grams of all-purpose flour you really need to be careful folding here do not over beat it transfer it to a piping bag ideally one that's larger than this because look at this tragedy you're gonna pipe these on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and you want them to be about three inches long and one inch wide making sure to give one inch of separation between each lady finger this will make about thirty lady fingers and it'll take up about two trays now here's the crucial step only bake one traitor time and right before you bake a tray generously dust the tray with powdered sugar like so then put it in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 175 degrees Celsius for eight to twelve minutes or until lightly golden and crisp this is the secret to getting the ladyfingers to rise properly if you don't do this they're gonna flatten out and there is sad cookie boy hours not good now pull those mother brothers out of there and let them cool to room temperature on a wire rack and then that's it they're ready to use now in the tiramisu or you can use them in three weeks say well you know don't push it but now the actual making the tiramisu is real easy but first let's get our coffee mixture ready if you've got an espresso machine now is the time to use it you're gonna need two cups or 475 millilitres of fresh brewed espresso or really strong coffee here's it a mix of half espresso half cold brew but it's up to you up to that you're gonna add a quarter cup or 58 grams of granulated sugar I like that a little bit of nutmeg not traditional but I do what I want three tablespoons are 45 milliliters of a good rum or brandy that's optional and I like to add just a tiny little splash of maple syrup again not traditional but I do what I want brother whisk together until thoroughly combined now for the tiramisu cream so first we can do a double boiler again get a medium sized pot filler with a shallow amount of water you can see how much I've got here and then bring that to a light simmer then in a medium sized bowl that fits over the top of that well without touching the water you're gonna add six to seven large egg yolks depending on the size and three-quarters of a cup or 165 grams of granulated sugar now set that over your steaming pot and constantly whisk just until the sugar is mostly dissolved but make sure it's about 95% of the way there and the mixture is warm think of it sort of like a sabayon then with electric beaters beat these on high speed while still heating over the double boiler until it's two and a half times its original volume much lighter in color and holds ribbony super soft peaks aka thick with 27 seas remove from the heat in a separate bowl whisk two cups are 452 grams of mascarpone a until very smooth at that to your whipped egg yolks and gently fold together make sure to do this well enough so that there's no lumps I had a couple lumps because well Josh you made a mistake you achy but that's okay then in that same separate bowl whipped together one cup or 235 millilitres of heavy cream until you reach well with cream but don't whip it until it's super super hard peaks though whip it until it's like medium Peaks then add your mascarpone egg yolks to that and slowly fold together until thoroughly incorporated be very gentle don't beat too much of the air out you want it nice and fluffy okay so you're 95% of the way there this is the easiest part get a square nine by nine baking pan quickly dunk a lady finger in the coffee mixture not too long because it will fall apart very quickly after that just a little dip is good enough all the way let it soak and then line them up in your baking pan evenly as such once the whole bottom is covered add half your tiramisu cream and then dip it arrange one more time and then add the rest of your tiramisu cream spread it out nicely this is not that confusing don't over complicate it then carefully cover your tray with plastic wrap making sure that it doesn't touch the mixture because you're gonna have a bad time if it does then place it in the refrigerator to firm up overnight can also make this two days ahead of time then right before serving generously dust the surface with cocoa powder slice it then grate some fresh chocolate on top of it and that's it this isn't just like oh I did some ladyfingers and covered it in cream no like this is from scratch from scratch you made everything pat yourself on the back you're a real G but do you want to know what else is a real G B roll that's that's [Music] or guys and that is it so the sun's about to go down literally it is setting the Lighting's probably really bad I've got my camera settings all the way to max tara misu we flipped and made it broke and I ate way too much of it and I don't feel very well but I do this for you you guys always joke about me not breathing when I talk that's actually true I don't a lot of the time I just talk and talk and I don't breathe and I forget the same thing actually happened when I worked in restaurants and my chefs always were like Josh please shut up and I'm like I can't I was born to talk endlessly anyway I'm trying to say is this is a great recipe you should make it and if you don't want to well guess what I don't really care probably gonna do a video separate to this about this but I'm really excited for 2020 cuz I have got flippin surprises for you anyway with all that said if you enjoy this video or you learn something leave a like subscribe and I will see you next time [Music]

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Id: 8rZn4yWFeXQ

Length: 7min 8sec (428 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 30 2019