Easy Tiramisu

Gordon Ramsay had a series that ran on a Saturday night where you were challenged to cook a 3 course meal at the same time as people in his TV studio and at home. While it sounds really sad, I loved spending my Saturday nights doing this. I'd get my ingredients ready and do all the preparation I could ready to go. John (my husband) did the simple Tiramisu from this series and it became one of his somewhat limited repertoire of dishes.
I needed a dessert that was quick and reasonably simple and that my little kitchen hand (Isabella 6 years old) could help me with as part of a special meal and this seemed like a great idea. The sponge finger biscuits are a favourite of my kitchen hand so this was a winner all around.
We usually use martini glasses to serve this dish but used a timber this time. The martini glasses are much better!

Gordon Ramsay’s Tiramisu

Serves 4
Ingredients:

* 250g mascarpone
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 3 tbsp Marsala, brandy or Tia Maria
* 150ml strong coffee or espresso, cooled to room temperature
* 150ml single cream
* 4 tbsp icing sugar
* 16 sponge fingers (savoiardi)
* Frozen bar of 70% of chocolate bar
* Cocoa powder, to dust

Method: How to make easy tiramisu

1. Whisk the mascarpone with the vanilla and Marsala and 50ml coffee, until everything is thoroughly mixed together. Whisk the cream with the icing sugar until smooth, then fold in the mascarpone mix

2. Pour the remaining coffee into a bowl (sweeten with more icing sugar if you like). Take one sponge finger at a time and dip it in to the coffee. Set it to one side and continue with the remaining biscuits

3. Line 4 serving glasses with 4 sponge fingers, breaking them in half if you need to. Spoon the mascarpone mix in until you reach the top of the glass. Refrigerate for 20 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse.

4. Remove the tiramisu from the fridge. Take the frozen chocolate bar and grate a little chocolate over the top of each Tiramisu. Finally, dust with sifted cocoa powder to serve.