I love the Italians. So tonight we are going to a dinner at a friends house where they also love the Italians, so we usually celebrate the Italians by having an Italian dish. I usually get to bring the dessert, so tonight it is Tiaramisu. Just as I finished making it, the kids, all screaming at once (there are 3 at home 5 and under) needed to eat lunch. (This is Tracies Husband and she is playing referee she gets interupted 4-5 times in the span of time it takes her to type one of these, all this and she can cook!) After heating up chicken tacos and beans, and cleaning up the mess from the tiaramisu, I couldn’t bear to throw out the kahlua, espresso and brown sugar mixture so I added some hot water and cream. 1pm isn’t too early to have a “treat” on a Friday afternoon do you think?
Tiaramisu
18 lady fingers (found at any Italian specialty store, or you can make your own by finding the recipe on line)
8oz. pkg cream cheese softened
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 T brown sugar
1/2 cup espresso
1/4 cup kahlua
cocoa powder
chopped chocolate
Lay 9 lady fingers in the bottom of an 8″ square pan. beat all of the whipping cream to stiff peaks. Remove half of the whipping cream and set aside. Add 8 oz pkg of cream cheese and whip until the mixture is fluffy. Let it sit. Now prepare the coffee by combining the espresso with the kahlua and brown sugar. brush each lady finger with the coffee. spread half of the cream cheese mixture over the lady fingers. spread the remaining lady fingers over the cream cheese and repeat with the coffee. Spread the rest of the remaining cream cheese over this second layer of lady fingers. Let it all chill until stiff 2-3 hours or over night. Now top with the remaining whipped cream and dust with cocoa powder and sprinkle with chocolate. yum – yum this is worth the wait if you enjoy cream and coffee and a hint of chocolate.
