The usual mascarpone cheese, which can be both expensive and hard to find, is not necessary for this tiramisu recipe because it utilizes ricotta instead. Although the actual preparation time is brief, this dessert is best made a day in advance because it needs to age for at least 10 hours.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 hrs |
| Total Time: | 10 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 (12 ounce) container ricotta cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 fluid ounces dark rum (Optional)
- 2 cups strong brewed coffee
- 1 (12 ounce) package ladyfingers
Instructions
- Beat cream and 3 tablespoons sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Beat ricotta cheese, sour cream, and sugar together in a bowl. Fold in whipped cream; add rum.
- Pour coffee into a bowl. Dip ends of 1/2 of the ladyfingers in coffee. Arrange ladyfingers dipped-side down into a single layer in a 2- to 2 1/2-inch deep rectangular serving dish. Spread 1/2 of the ricotta-cream mixture on top. Repeat dipping and arranging remaining ladyfingers; spread remaining ricotta-cream mixture on top. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until fully chilled, 10 to 12 hours.
- Coffee liqueur may be substituted for the coffee.
- Dust with unsweetened cocoa powder.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 406 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 47 g |
| Cholesterol | 128 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 114 mg |
| Sugars | 24 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Awesome! Great taste if just a bit sweet, but nice texture. I had to make 2 changes out of necessity: subbed sour cream and just a bit of cream cheese in for the yogurt and vanilla wafers in for the lady fingers. Both worked fine. I didn’t need anywhere near 2 cups of coffee and so I even added just a couple of teaspoons of it right to the cream mixture. I used a pumpkin flavored coffee and did make it strong and it really does come through just right. I did not think with the amount of coffee that I ended up using that would be true but the wafers really do take on the coffee flavor. Very nice, will definitely make this again. Also this is extremely easy to make!
I was pleasantly surprised by how good this was! Marscapone is very expensive where I live so this is a tasty frugal version and it has no raw eggs which I liked. I used plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream as I had some to use up. I added 1 tbsp Kahlua and 1 tsp Espresso powder to the cheese mixture. I used 3/4 cup each of coffee and Kahlua for dipping the ladyfingers, my packages were 5.5 ounces each and I used 2. I found it a little sweet, would try 2/3 or 1/2 cup of sugar next time. I sprinkled with cocoa and grated 90% chocolate between each layer and on top which helped counter the sweetness. No one could tell it was not mascapone, the texture is slightly softer but the taste is good and close to the original. #AllrecipesAllstarsCanada #FacelessNoMore