Sunday, April 21, 2013

Dessert with beer

What made me happy today? Making a tasty dessert with beer, and getting to eat it as breakfast.
Ok, I know, not very healthy, but it was a timing issue. Last night, the BF and I made dinner together. As it was the weekend and we had plenty of time, we also decided on making some dessert. Our eye fell on a tasty recipe for a tiramisu with cherries and cherry beer.
Only thing is, we forgot the part where the tiramisu actually has to sit in the fridge for 4 - 6 hrs. So by the time it was done, it was way to late to eat it. But it made the perfect decadent Sunday morning breakfast :-)

Here's the recipe (serves 8):

Ingredients:

-24 lady fingers
-300 g mascarpone
-3 eggs
-570 gr destoned sour (tart) cherries (in a jar)
-100 gr dark chocolate
-3 soupspoons of white suger
-2 soupspoons of honey
-2 dl cherry beer (Kriek, of the type you like best)

Preparation:

- Drain the cherries but preserve the juice.
- Mix 1 dl of the beer with 1 dl of the preserved juice.
- Split the eggs, put the yolks in one bowl and the whites in another.
- Shave curls of the dark chocolate and put in the fridge.

Actual making of the tiramisu (+/- 30 min, refridgerate for 4 - 6 hrs):

1) Put the rest of the beer, the cherries and the honey in a pot. Bring to a boil until all moisture has evaporated. Allow to cool.
2) Whisk the yolks, along with the sugar into a smooth, foaming mass. Stir in the mascarpone.
3) Whisk the eggwhites until stiff, gently mix in the mascarpone. Gradually add the cherries.
4) Put one layer of ladyfingers into a large dish. Add the beer-cherry juice to flavour. Spread half of the mascarpone-mixture over it.
5) Cover with a second layer of ladyfingers, spread the rest of the mascarpone-mixture over it.
6) Refridgerate for 4 - 6 hrs.
7) Add the chocolate curls right before serving.

Enjoy!

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