Tiramisu

Ingredients

2 eggs
50 gr sugar
1/2 mascarpone
60 gr cheese
3 gr lemon zest
24 ladyfingers
240 gr coffee
16 gr liquor
26 gr sugar
4 gr cocoa powder

Instructions

Beat 2 egg yolks with quarter cup sugar till light and flyffy. Add mascarpone and cottage cheese blended together. Add lemon zest or vanilla. Beat 2 egg whites with dash of salt till stiff and add to cream mixture. Mix coffee, liquor or almond extract and sugar till dissolved. Layer bottom of bowl with ladyfingers and 'wet' them with half of coffee mixture. Spread half of cream, put a second layer of ladyfingers and coffee and spread remaining cream on top. Refrigerate at least half day. Before serving, sprinkle with cocoa powder. SOURCE: Joelle Mornod rec.arts.food (Usenet), Lausane Switzerland via Eric Decker, R-Cuisine ***Please note this recipe has raw egg in it*** To make Strawberry-Rhubarb Tiramisu: cook 1 lb rhubarb (4 cups) with half cup sugar and 2 Tablespoon water for 5 minutes. Slice 1 cup strawberries, sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar and let stand 1 hour. Make cream as above (reduce sugar to 3 Tablespoon), layer bowl with ladyfingers and wet them with rhubarb or strawberry juice. Put a layer of rhubarb, strawberries, half of the cream and repeat, finishing with cream. Refrigerate half a day. Decorate with strawberries before serving. from Joelle Mornod, Ecole Polytechnique, Federale de Lausanne, rec.arts. food via Eric Decker R-Cuisine