Maida Heatter Tiramisu Recipes

TIRAMISU

Steps:

• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer with whisk attachment, beat egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. Add mascarpone cheese and beat until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon of espresso and mix until thoroughly combined.
• In a small shallow dish, add remaining espresso and rum. Dip each ladyfinger into espresso for only 5 seconds. Letting the ladyfingers soak too long will cause them to fall apart. Place the soaked ladyfinger on the bottom of a 13 by 9 inch baking dish, breaking them in half if necessary in order to fit the bottom.
• Spread evenly 1/2 of the mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers. Arrange another layer of soaked ladyfingers and top with remaining mascarpone mixture.
• Cover tiramisu with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 8 hours.
• Before serving, sprinkle with chocolate shavings.

MAIDA HEATTER'S CHOCOLATE MOUSSE TORTE

Steps:

• Set a rack in the center of the oven. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch glass pie plate. Dust it with bread crumbs or cocoa powder. Set aside.
• Place the chopped chocolate in the top of a small double boiler over water over low heat. Bring it to a low simmer. Meanwhile, in a cup or small bowl, dissolve the coffee in the 1/4 cup boiling water and pour it over the chocolate. Cover and cook over low heat, whisking occasionally, until the chocolate is almost melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until smooth. Let cool slightly. (Alternatively, place chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Dissolve the coffee in the boiling water and pour it over the chocolate. Cover with a plate or kitchen towel and let stand for 5 minutes. Vigorously whisk until the chocolate is melted and smooth. If there are still bits of unmelted chocolate, microwave in 15-second bursts, whisking between, until smooth and fully melted.)
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the yolks at high speed until they are pale, thick and lemon-colored, about 5 minutes. Gradually add the granulated sugar and continue to beat at high speed for 5 minutes more until very thick. Reduce speed to low, and add the vanilla and cooled chocolate, scraping the sides of the mixing bowl as necessary. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl. Wash the whisk attachment and mixing bowl.
• In the mixing bowl of the electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff but not dry. Gradually, in two or three small additions, gently fold half the egg whites into the chocolate, then fold the chocolate mixture into the remaining whites just until no whites show. Handling as little as possible, gently reserve about 4 cups of the mousse in a separate medium bowl; cover and refrigerate.
• Transfer the rest of the mousse into the pie plate; it will barely reach the top. Gently level and bake for 25 minutes. Turn off the heat, then leave it in the oven for 5 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. (The mousse will rise during baking and then, while cooling, it will sink in the middle, leaving a high rim.) Wash the mixing bowl and whisk attachment and place in the refrigerator or freezer to chill.
• When the baked mousse is completely cool, remove reserved mousse from refrigerator. Handling as little as possible, transfer the chilled mousse to the center of the baked mousse. Mound it slightly higher in the center, but be careful to handle as little as possible or it will lose the air beaten into it. Refrigerate for at least 2 to 3 hours.
• Make the whipped cream: In the chilled mixing bowl with the chilled whisk attachment, whip the cream, confectioners' sugar and vanilla on high speed until it holds a defined shape. Spread over the unbaked part of the mousse, excluding the rim; refrigerate. (Another way of applying the whipped cream: Use a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tube and pipe a lattice pattern over the top of the pie and a border around the edge.) Coarsely grate some semisweet chocolate over the top before serving, if desired. The torte is best eaten the day it's made, but it's not bad the next day.

EMERIL'S TIRAMISU

Steps:

• sponge cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• grease and lightly flour a 9*13 inch sheet tray.
• heat milk and butter until the butter melts.
• stir the flour and baking powder together.
• put the eggs, sugar, and yolks, in a bowl and set over a hot water bath, whisking until the egg mixture triples in size.
• fold in the flour mixture and the milk.
• pour into prepared pan.
• bake 10-15 minutes or until done.
• Mascarpone cream: Combine the espresso, water and the Grand Marnier, set aside.
• combine the mascarpone and the rum in a large bowl, beat until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks, and 3 Tbsps of the sugar together until smooth.
• set over a hot water bath and beat for 3 minutes until light and foamy.
• remove from heat, and without waiting beat this mixture into the mascarpone mixture.
• set aside.
• whip the cream until the cream holds a firm shape.
• fold in vanilla.
• in two samll additions, fold about 1/3 of the mascarpone mixture into the whipped cream.
• then fold the whipped cream into the remaining mascarpone mixture.
• Set aside.
• beat the egg whites and salt on medium until foamy.
• Increase the speed and add the remaining 3 Tbsps sugar,beat until glossy not dry.
• assembly: cut the sponge cake in half crosswise.
• place in a pan large enough to fit the halved sponge cake snugly.
• moisten the cake with half of the espresso mixture.
• top with half of the mascarpone mixture, spreading evenly.
• sprinkle generously with cocoa powder, and podwered sugar.
• top with other half of sponge cake layer.
• moisten with remaining mascarpone mixture, spreading evenly.
• sprinkle generously with cocoa powder and powdered sugar.
• Refrigerate, uncovered for two hours.