Tiramisu Shots

The auspicious festival of Rakhi is here and so is the time to celebrate the rock-solid bond of brothers and sisters. The festival of Rakhi is all about sisters tying rakhi on their brother's wrist, brothers giving gifts to their sisters and the whole family celebrating with food and sweets. Sweets are an internal part of any Indian festival celebration and no occasion is complete without them.

This Rakhi, instead of opting for traditional Indian mithais, go for this unique Tiramisu Shots recipe, that won't disappoint you for sure. Be it kids or adults, everyone will love this Italian dessert recipe for sure. To prepare this recipe, you just need a handful of ingredients like whipping cream, mascarpone cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, espresso coffee, coffee liqueur, ladyfinger biscuits and cocoa powder. If you don't have coffee liqueur, then you can use rum as a substitute. If you are someone who loves to try out new recipes at home, then this is the perfect recipe that you must bookmark for the next time. Do try this recipe, rate it and let us know how it turned out to be by leaving a comment in the section below. Recipe by: Swapnadeep Mukherjee, Head Chef, The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa

INGREDIENTS

250 gm whipping cream

200 gm mascarpone cheese

200 gm powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup espresso coffee

2 tablespoon coffee liqueur

0 ladyfinger biscuit as required

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

How to make Tiramisu Shots

Step 1

Take whipping cream in a mixing bowl and beat it on medium speed with an electric mixer.

Step 2

Slowly add sugar, vanilla extract and continue to beat until stiff peaks form.

Step 3

Add mascarpone cheese and mix just until combined. Keep aside for now.

Step 4

Add coffee and coffee liqueur to a bowl. Mix to make a concoction.

Step 5

Dip the ladyfinger cookie in the coffee to just get them wet and lay them in a single layer on the bottom of a glass bowl. Add half of the mascarpone mixture over the top. Add another layer of dipped lady fingers cookies. Use the remaining mascarpone cream to layer again.

Step 6

Dust cocoa powder and add sliced fruits of your choice as garnish. Keep in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours.

Step 7

Serve chilled.