A tiramisu to celebrate 3 years of blogging
febbraio 1, 2012
“The blog is a part of who I am. It’s becoming like a limb. I have to feed it all the time. I think of it as an engine that propelled me forward. I look at the world through my blogger struggles. When I go anywhere I wonder if it’s blogger material. I experience things more intensely because I’m asking myself more questions, not just living in the moment, so that I can talk to my readers afterwards.
When I’ve found my groove and I’m not hung up on traffic and number of comments and whether I’m going to quit, it’s so gratifying. It brings me so much in terms of interaction and feedback and ideas and inspiration. It’s really worth every ounce of energy I pour into it. It has grown with me. It’s really the key to everything else that I do.”
Clotilde Dusoulier, Chocolate & Zucchini - from Will Write for Food, Dianne Jacob
… I wouldn’t be able to express my feelings in a better way or to find better words to celebrate my first 3 years of blogging today. Today, when I’m back home from London full of ideas and inspiration and I am ready to put everything into practice, today, when the snow has covered everything in white, softness and quietness, today, when the new life has finally begun.
And I want to thank you, because Clotilde’s words are true, true because I do appreciate your feedback, the love and the friendship, the interaction that grows constantly and makes me grow, an everlasting spur to do better not to disappoint you.
Therefore I decided to make this special treat for you, my Mum’s tiramisu, the basic version, still missing here on the blog… I could not wait any longer to publish it! As we are celebrating, I decided to make it a little bit more special with a step by step video: thanks to Valeria for being such a patient actress and to Laura for being a perfect assistant director!
- 5 free range organic eggs
- 500 g of mascarpone cheese
- 5 tablespoons of caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons of vinsanto (sweet wine or any other liqueur)
- 1 generous cup of dark espresso or moka coffee
- 1 big pack of savoy or lady fingers biscuits (approx. 40 biscuits or more)
- 100 g of dark chocolate
- unsweetened cocoa powder to dust
- Divide the egg yolks and the egg whites. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar with a whisk or electric mixer until they become white and fluffy. Rub the egg cream between your fingers: when ready, it should be completely smooth.
- Now add the mascarpone cheese and keep on whisking until it is completely combined. Add two tablespoons of vinsanto or of your favourite liqueur and stir in.
- In a separate bowl whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form and gently fold them in.
- In a large shallow dish spoon a few tablespoons of mascarpone cream and spread it evenly. Soak quickly the biscuits into the warm black coffee and make a layer of them over the mascarpone cream. Cover the ladyfingers with more mascarpone cream and sprinkle some chopped dark chocolate. Make two or three layers of biscuits and mascarpone cream, then finish with a generous dusting of cocoa powder. If you prefer, you can serve the tiramisu into individual cups.
- Leave the tiramisu in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.
P.S. Click on YouTube for a larger video!
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 15:24
Oh, I love tiramisu so much! I always do exactly the same recipe only without chocolate. Next time I’ll give it a try!
Congratulations on the 3 years anniversary!
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 15:27
Gorgeous sentiment and a gorgeous recipe to accompany it! My family recipe for tiramisu is very similar but I always like to try little variations so will definitely be giving this a go. Congratulations on three years and happy blog birthday!
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 15:55
Congratulations on the 3 years and here’s to much more success and growth to come. P.S-Clotilde is very wise! x
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 16:04
Congragulations and wishing you and your blog many many more happy years of cooking and bloggin.
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 16:20
A beautiful recipe! This Tiramisù looks amazing.
Happy Bloggiversary and to many more!
Cheers,
Rosa
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 17:32
Happy, happy birthday. Your blog is such an inspiration to me….I aspire to take photos like you!!
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febbraio 1st, 2012 at 18:05
This is one of my favorite desserts. Perfect!
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febbraio 2nd, 2012 at 03:43
The video was a pleasure to watch and makes me want to drop everything and make tiramisu! Congratulations on 3 years of fantastic blogging.
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febbraio 2nd, 2012 at 17:13
Oh Sigh!!! i LOVE tiramisu!! love the video
and your sweater 
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febbraio 2nd, 2012 at 20:05
congrats! and great video
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febbraio 2nd, 2012 at 21:12
Lovely! Congratulations on 3 years of blogging. That tiramisu looks incredible!
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febbraio 3rd, 2012 at 10:19
I love the video
Wonderful recipe. The pictures are so stunning 
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febbraio 3rd, 2012 at 15:13
Ooooh, thanks for sharing! This looks so amazing!
I love tiramisu, we have an Italian family that runs a gelato place in my hometown in Germany, and they always made tiramisu for my birthday. Heaven!
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febbraio 3rd, 2012 at 16:49
What a great way to celebrate 3 years of blogging. Your Tiramisu looks delicious. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Congratulations on 3 years of blogging and the Foodbuzz Top 9:)
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febbraio 3rd, 2012 at 18:50
I love love LOVE your photos and your video!!
the song is so sweet i’ve never made tiramisu but a lot of my friends and family like it so i’m definitely bookmarking this recipe 
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febbraio 3rd, 2012 at 21:50
i love tiramisu, my favoruite dessert ever. i always do tiramisu on special occasions. the easiest freshest dessert. yummiii.
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febbraio 4th, 2012 at 02:40
This is gorgeous and soooo inviting. I have never made tiramisu, but you help me feel like I can, so thank you!
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febbraio 4th, 2012 at 13:38
Love your blog and Happy 3rd! Tiramisu was one of my mom’s favorite desserts. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
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febbraio 4th, 2012 at 18:44
Happy Anniversary to you! I love your blog and hope to meet up with you some day in your cooking class.
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febbraio 5th, 2012 at 00:40
Congrats on your 3 year blogiversarry! You are such an inspiration to new bloggers like myself!
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febbraio 7th, 2012 at 17:18
Family recipes are the most special of all. Thank you for sharing, dear Giulia. Auguri!
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febbraio 10th, 2012 at 10:53
Congratulations!! What a wonderful achievement and a nice way to start a new year celebrating
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febbraio 15th, 2012 at 07:13
This is like a piece of jewel you’re sharing. I’ve had good tiramisus but never made one, always keeping a look out for atypical (heirloom) recipes and look what I found (vinsanto!).
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febbraio 18th, 2012 at 01:16
Congratulations on your blogiversary! I look forward to reading it always. This tiramisu looks amazing, I can’t wait to try
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febbraio 25th, 2012 at 18:57
Happy blog anniversary! ^_^
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Giulia Risposta:
febbraio 26th, 2012 alle 23:18
Thank you so much Clotilde! it means a lot to me!!
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gennaio 18th, 2013 at 14:13
First off, congrats on the anniversary!
Secondly, this is a gorgeous tiramisu and I’ve actually been looking for a recipe or at the very least beautiful inspiration. Thanks for the added push with that cute step by step video, it makes me want to try making this even more
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