Via Pacifica's Raspberry Tiramisu
Raspberry
Syrup
Ingredients:
1)
6 oz. Sugar
2)
9 oz. Water
3)
1 oz. Corn Syrup
4)
1 oz. Raspberry Puree, strained
5)
1 oz. Lemon Juice
6)
1 oz. Eau de Vie Framboise (Raspberry Liquor)
Preparation:
1)
Boil water with sugar and corn syrup.
2)
Set aside and let cool down.
3)
Add juice, puree and the eau de vie.
Mascarpone
Cream
Ingredients:
1)
8 oz. Mascarpone Cheese
2)
8 oz. Heavy Cream
3)
3/4 tsp. Gelatin
4)
1 each Egg Yolk
5)
1 oz. Sugar
Preparation:
1)
Soak gelatin in a small amount of ice cold
water.
2)
Whisk together yolk and sugar over steam.
3)
Drain excess water off gelatin and add the
yolk.
4)
Whip up cream to soft tips.
5)
Using a spatula, mix the yolks under
mascarpone cheese.
6)
Add whipped cream.
Assembling
the Dessert
Ingredients:
1)
15 each Ladyfinger Biscuits
2)
2 cartons fresh Raspberries
3)
2 tbs. Chocolate Shavings
4)
Dash of Powdered sugar
Preparation:
1)
Soak finger biscuits in the syrup, place
two onto a plate.
2)
Dress 2 spoonfuls of mascarpone cream
on the biscuits.
3)
Place 2 rows raspberries into cream.
Sprinkle a few chocolate shavings over
the berries.
4)
Repeat steps 1-4 with one biscuit, one
spoonful of cream and one row of
raspberries on top of the first layer.
5)
Dust with a dash of powdered sugar.
6)
When all desserts are plated up, add leftover
berries to the remaining syrup, blend and
strain them.
7)
This will serve as your coulis, to be drizzled
liberally around the tiramisu.