In a word – aah!

What a lovely weekend.

Weather played along and life in general is looking good for Mrs J.

Feast your eyes on some goodies Mr and Mrs J enjoyed over the weekend.

Mmmm.

And as promised the piece de resistance – the raspberry Tiramisu.

Now, Mrs J would add that this is more a dessert for the greedy undecided than for food-purists. If you really love Tiramisu, make an all-in classical Tiramisu. If you love raspberry trifle, go all the way with the raspberries! If you love both, and chocolate too, and really can’t choose, darn it! – this dessert is for you.

You ready?

Combine 1,5 dl of fresh coffee and 0,7 dl of amaretto. (You will not need all the liquid but if you skimp you won’t be able to dip the biscuits properly.) Set aside to make sure it’s cooled.

Lightly mash 250g fresh raspberries with 2 tbsp of sugar. In all fairness, Mrs J was going to use frozen raspberries, but the shop didn’t have any. Fresh ones were more expensive, but it was for Easter. And then she also got another pack for decoration. It was worth it for the special occasion, so there!

Whisk 4 egg yolks with 4 tbsp sugar until sugar crystals are gone and mixture is light and fluffy. Add, spoon by spoon, 500g mascarpone cheese and the grated rind of a lemon (well washed, and just the outer yellow part, please). Mix thoroughly until smooth.

Grate some 25-30g of dark chocolate (enough to cover your dish at least, more if you really like chocolate).

Get your bag of ladyfinger italian not-so-healthy-but-says-healthy-on-the-bag biscuits. Mrs J got a big bag and used a bit more than half of it.

Get a low, small, gratin-type dish.

Get another rectangular gratin-type dish (a bigger, prettier one).

Pour the coffee/amaretto into the smaller low dish. Dip your biscuits lengthwise in the liquid and lay out evenly in the big/pretty dish, covering it completely in one layer. Squeeze in a biscuit wherever there’s room.

Spread a layer of mascarpone mixture on top. Make sure you use less than half the mixture and skimp here if needed. Also, try not to eat any, you’ll need it for the top layer…

Spread all your mashed raspberries evenly on top.

Top that with another layer of espresso/amaretto-dipped not-so-healthy-but-says-healthy-on-the-bag biscuits.

Spread the rest of the mascarpone mixture on top again.

Throw an even layer of grated dark chocolate on your masterpiece.

Cover and let set over night in a cool place.

Decorate with some more grated dark chocolate and/or fresh raspberries if you have them before serving.

This recipe can serve anywhere from 4 to 8, depending on the type of guest…

Hope you enjoy!