sound interesting? ^^ well, I made my own version of chocolate tiramisu without mascarpone or cream cheese. Pot de creme actually is a loose French dessert custard which served in the porcelain cup.
Eating like so sounds boring, isn't ? So I layer them with ladyfinger and made them look like tiramisu. I redo thrice, because i can't get the perfect texture from the last two batches. First batch was too soggy. so I decided dip none of coffee liquid to the ladyfinger for my second batch. I assume the chocolate custard can moisten the cookies, in fact it doesn't.
(first batch: picture looks fine, but the biscuit is over-saturated with coffee)
(third batch)
creamy and intense chocolaty custard pair with semi moisten ladyfinger,
Oreo crumbs in between for crunchiness.
Ingredient: (modification marked in blue)
- 90g semisweet chocolate (100g)
- 1 egg
- 2 tbspn granulated sugar (1tbspn)
- 115g heavy cream (200ml whipping cream)
60g whole milk- 1/4 tspn instant espresso powder
- 1/8 tspn salt
1/2 tspn vanilla extract
Process: (modification marked in
blue)
- In a large bowl, add the egg and sugar and whisk it
until it’s a lovely pale color.
- In a small saucepan, add the cream, and milk
and bring to a simmer.
- Add about ½ cup of the cream mixture to the egg
mixture and whisk it in.
- Pour the egg mixture back in the same pot along
with the instant espresso and salt.
- Cook the mixture over medium-low heat for
about 10 minutes or until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a
wooden spoon. (mine takes about 3-4 minutes in low heat)
- Meanwhile, chop the chocolate in a large bowl and set
aside.
- When the custard is ready, add the vanilla and stir it in.
- Pass
the custard through a fine sieve into a large bowl over the chopped chocolate
and allow it to sit untouched for about 3 minutes.
- Combine everything together
so it’s all smooth. Pour the mixture into a bowl and cover the
top with plastic wrap.
- Pop them in the fridge to set for minimum of 3 hours but
overnight is best. ( I let them cool in the room temperature about 3 hours, and then straight away proceed to layering process.)
How I Layer my Tiramisu?
- spread a thin layer of chocolate custard base.
- dip the ladyfinger into cooled coffee vertically (refer to picture above).
- place them side by side, sprinkle Oreo crumbs generously.
- spoon the filling over the biscuit, make sure they are completely covered.
- repeat step 2-4.
- cover the top with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
