Classic Tiramisu

My Realtor sends me monthly recipes, and this one sounds wonderfully scrumptious.



Ingredients:



5 cups espresso coffee, cooled to room temperature

32 ladyfinger cookies

10 egg yolks

2/3 cup sugar

1 lb. mascarpone cheese

2 tbsp. almond extract

2 cups heavy cream

3 tbsps. unsweetened cocoa powder





Directions:



Pour cooled coffee into a shallow dish or large pie pan; quickly dip half of the ladyfingers into the coffee. Do Not Soak! Arrange dipped cookies in the bottom of a glass baking dish.



In a large mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until frothy; add cheese and almond extract. Continue whisking until smooth. In a separate bowl, whisk the heavy cream until stiff. Carefully fold cream into cheese mixture; spread half of this filling over the dipped cookies. Dip the other half of the ladyfingers in the coffee and layer on top of the filling. Spread the remaining filling on top of the ladyfingers. Cover and chill for 4 hours. Lightly sprinkle with cocoa powder and serve.