The Ultimate Tiramisu Recipe

If you love coffee, and you love tiramisu, then this is the recipe for you! It gets a little weird, and very nerdy, but it does make the ultimate tiramisu! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:37 - Eggs 03:01 - Coffee 04:55 - Espresso 05:22 - Aeropress 06:20 - Coffee Beans 07:04 - Saline 08:13 - Mascarpone 09:27 - Assembly 11:21 - Rest 11:46 - Cocoa Powder 12:10 - Tasting 13:22 - Outro Read the recipe and calculate your doses at: https://www.jameshoffmann.co.uk/tiramisu-calculator Here's the recipe for 32 biscuits and 18g espresso doses: Ingredients - 32 Savoiardi biscuits* - 144g of ground coffee - 640g of mascarpone cheese - 8 egg yolks - 128g of sugar - 8 drops saline solution (To make saline: dissolve 5g of salt in 20g of boiling water. Store in a dropper bottle.) - Cocoa Powder to finish * Note on biscuits: Our default biscuits for this recipe have been the Vicenzovo Savoiardi Lady Fingers. We’d recommend trying to find something similar to these - there are plenty of near-identical biscuits from other brands. If you are using a different style of biscuit, you will need to do some maths to figure out your dose of coffee/biscuit. Our recipe is built around biscuits that weigh 8g each - if you’re working with 12g/biscuit, do the maths to compensate for the extra weight with extra coffee. Instructions - Brew 8 double shots of espresso. - You need 480g of coffee liquid total. This will be split into two equal portions of 240g for each layer. - Allow to cool completely before using. - Add 9 drops of saline solution to the cooled coffee liquid. - Add all egg yolks to a ziplock bag and cook, using a sous vide circulator, at 60C for 30 minutes then cool completely. If you cannot use a sous vide, you can either use them raw or you can mix with the sugar and heat in a bain marie to 70C, then quickly cool. - Mix the sugar and egg yolk using a hand mixer, or stand mixer, at a relatively low speed for 4 to 5 minutes. You should see the mixture increase in volume and begin to notably thicken. - Add the mascarpone in thirds, each time incorporating on lower speeds for 30 to 60 seconds. It doesn't need to be flawlessly mixed. - Begin the assembly. Prepare your chosen tray. This recipe presumes you will do it in two stages. - Pour 240g of the coffee mixture in a suitable bowl. Take half the Savoiardi. Dunk the Savoiardi only on the non-sugared side. Then turn upside down and place in the tray. Repeat with all biscuits. You should have a little coffee left over. Starting with the last biscuits you dunked, use a pastry brush to add all the remaining coffee to the biscuits in the layer. - Carefully put half of the mascarpone mixture on top of the biscuits. - Add the remaining 240g of coffee to the bowl. Repeat the dunking of the remaining biscuits. - Add the remaining mascarpone cream. - Refrigerate for at least 8 hours, ideally 24. - Before serving dust with cocoa powder. - Serve and enjoy! Biscuit recommendations - Matilde Vincenzi Vincenzovo Savoiardi/Ladyfinger biscuits - Antico Borgo Savoiardi/Ladyfinger Biscuits Nutritional info for a single portion (4 biscuits / 207g) Energy - 593.4 kcal Fat - 40.9g Saturates - 27.3g Carbohydrate - 46.8g Sugars - 34.0g Fibre - 0.5g Protein - 8.9g Salt - 1g Weird Coffee Person Print: https://tenshundredsthousands.com/products/weird-coffee-person-joy-print Tee: https://tenshundredsthousands.com/products/weird-coffee-person-joy-t-shirt Sweatshirt: https://tenshundredsthousands.com/products/weird-coffee-person-joy-sweatshirt Hoodie: https://tenshundredsthousands.com/products/weird-coffee-person-joy-hoodie Videos mentioned: - Our Tiramisu Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxz0FjZMVOl3jkk4mwbl966TzmhMJdryz - There Is No "World's Strongest Coffee": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAMOAmYCJI&t=774s - The Magic of Salt in Coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PUWQQ-joKE&t=250s Other Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameshoffmann Limited Edition Merch: https://geni.us/TensHundredsThousands Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimseven Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jimseven My Books: How to Make The Best Coffee At Home*: https://geni.us/howtomakethebestcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee*: http://geni.us/atlasofcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee Audiobook*: https://bit.ly/worldatlasofcoffeeaudio The Best of Jimseven*: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Things I use and like: My old glasses: http://bit.ly/boldlondon My new glasses (Sept 2024 onwards): https://bit.ly/thenewglasses My hair product of choice*: https://geni.us/forthehair (*Affiliate links which may earn us a commission)