Tiramisu | Basics with Babish

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brand. Now let's get down to the

basics

, so traditional

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, apart from coffee, is mainly. beat air into the whites and yolks of the eggs separately repeatedly and deliciously, while taking every possible precaution to prevent air from escaping from the eggs, first in the sponge cakes for which we are going to separate six eggs , first beating the yolks with 60 grams of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla extract and high speed until it reaches the ribbon stage, at which point you can sprinkle a full figure eight into the dough before it loses its shape, scrape this off and set it aside in a large bowl and then clean the bowl completely as even the slightest hint of egg yolk can ruin the egg white meringue, which is what we'll do next, first whipping the whites of remaining egg until nice and foamy for about 30 seconds on high speed and then slowly pouring in 120. grams of granulated sugar while the mixer is running, all of these tiny little grains of sugar are what will blow air into the egg whites transforming them into a light, shiny, creamy, sticky substance that we know is made as soon as it reaches stiff peaks and not a moment later, the stiff peaks are exactly what they sound like, like a blob of meringue inadvertently standing up while the eggs too many shakes are more frothy, like bath bubbles.

Now we're doing what's known as the sacrifice method, adding a third of our beaten egg. whites to the egg yolks, mixing them gently until combined but still marbled, then add the rest of the egg whites and even more gently mix them until they are marbled again. Last but not least, we sifted 170 grams of cake flour and half. teaspoon of kosher salt, incorporating it into the mixture even more gently than previously thought possible, doing your best not to squeeze any more air out of the eggs, and checking the bottom of the bowl for still-undiscovered pockets of flour once it's newly combined.

You are ready to form biscuits, for that we are transferring it to a pastry bag with a wide round tip, line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper secured in place with non-stick spray and pipe condensed. Now this is enough dough to fill a Half Sheet like this, unfortunately I was being a bit of a braggart and made these big old honking biscuits and ran out of dough before I could finish the pan. Now what you are seeing is a crucial moment in home cooking. Should I scrape it off and put it back? That will ruin it.

No, we probably won't, so begins a valuable lesson and not to overwork the dough because after you put it back, not only can you see that it has lost a lot. its volume, but it completely collapsed in the oven. Biscuit biscuits don't puff up much in the oven, but watching them really puff up is humbling, so let's do it all again this time trying our best piping all over the dough evenly and since my straight lines were not straight lines or lines at all. I decided to arrange them in whatever you call this continuous diagonal pattern, but since this ends up layering a cake, you can arrange it however you want, you can even spread it out flat before baking or sprinkling it. fingers down with a freshly fallen snow equivalent amount of powdered sugar, then place in a 375 degree Fahrenheit oven, preferably convection, for about 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned and the edges begin to crisp. separate from the sides of the pan while this cools to a completely cold state we can make the mascarpone cream for which we repeat exactly the same process with the eggs and whites, this time with 5 eggs, 50 grams of sugar for the yolks and 25 for the whites too.

This time I beat the whites first because the whites don't deflate the yolks the same way the others do with reverse whizzing, in other words, now you don't need to wash the bowl between beats before combining the whites. Two, first we have to gently fold the egg yolks together with 450 grams of mascarpone cheese at room temperature. We're doing the same sacrificing method here by adding a third of the egg yolks and gently folding to combine before adding the rest once all the egg yolks and mascarpone are combined but still marbled and then doing the same with the whites. of egg add a third fold gently add the rest fold gently being very careful in the world not to squeeze all that air out of the eggs now the most eagle-eyed among you You may notice that my egg whites are over-beaten sometimes You can still get away with it, but overbeaten egg whites can collapse and cause a runny cream.

This is still a very viable filler, especially after it has had a chance to sit in the refrigerator, but I want a pipe. our filling, so to stiffen things up I'm whipping a cup of heavy cream to a state of whipped creaminess and gently folding it into our mascarpone cream to give it some structure and stiffness once again, just folding the minimum number of times until combined, now it's time to exercise the biscuits from your baking dish, if you made them in a large tray like this I like to just invert them onto another tray or if you place them individually you can grab them and stack them however you like in your

tiramisu

, but After doing a little math, Kendall and I discovered that if we baked a half-sheet-sized cake like this, if we cut it directly down the center, both layers should fit perfectly into a standard 13-by-9 casserole dish, all What we need to do is blow some fairy dust for good luck and grab our

babish

casserole, which is okay, once it's measured it doesn't fit exactly, but now it's pretty close.

A popular option for assembling a tiramisu is in a springform pan, but avid viewers of the show might remember why I'm opting for a casserole, yes, so if you're using a springform mix, that's a given. If you are using a casserole, we will start by putting a little mascarpone cream type. as if it were a sauce in a lasagna, then we place our first layer and, of course, we saturate it with freshly brewed strong coffee and let it cool to room temperature. At this stage, you can also optionally add a couple of tablespoons of Marsala wine now.

We are going to use a pastry brush to translate that coffee into our biscuits. You want them to be soaked enough, the brush is starting to damage them, but not so soaked that they fall apart, so we're going to hit the first coat with a little less. more than half of our mascarpone cream spreading it well and covering it evenly with the second layer of sponge cakes and repeating the process of saturating the coffee, almost a cup of coffee in total went into my layers of sponge cakes and you could probably use more if you wanted, now you can apply. the top decorative layer of mascarpone cream pretty much however you want, despite my complete lack of decorating skills, I'm issuing the usual rustic smear pattern, popular with non-decorators, instead of opting for all these little pipettes that we'll call them that before refrigerating.

I'm going to sprinkle liberally with cocoa powder, now the only problem with my piping pattern was a small shadowy area under each peak that the cocoa powder couldn't reach, creating cocoa bald spots. Fortunately, if I turn it around, you guys will never know the difference. Also, this isn't the last time this guy gets dusted with cocoa powder because he gets covered and fried for at least four hours minimum. If you're in a tiramisu emergency, the ideal is to spend the night, let those flavors meld, let those biscuits absorb. all that good stuff and although it looks like the cocoa powder has become quite gross, it has actually become the base for a second application, ensuring that now even bald spots are safely protected under a layer of cocoa powder. chocolate and now we can finally serve if you wish. nice clean cuts, let's say you're doing a cooking show, you might want to give your knife a quick bath and some hot water before each cut and hopefully you'll be rewarded with different layers of soaked finger cream , all together to form that unmistakable It looks like tiramisu, but it has its flavor and the response is fantastic, the cream is light, soft and tasty, the sponge cakes are ethereal, they simply melt in your mouth and are completely soaked with freshly brewed coffee.

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