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raspberry tiramisu
Those of you who know me, particularly my friends in Colorado Springs, know how much I love Target. I would bump into friends while I was there, and they’d say, “How come I always see you here?” To which I’d reply, “It’s because I’m always in here.” It was sad, really. But we only lived five minutes away, and I’d often forget ingredients, so there were many days where I found myself there as many as three times per day. It wasn’t a disorder, I swear, I’m just ridiculously disorganized.
Since moving to Utah, it’s been a bit more challenging to visit my most favorite retail monstrosity because it’s two towns over, but on Tuesday, I actually ended up going there twice in one day, which made me feel like I was back to the old me.
The reason I am telling you this is that last week, I found tubs of mascarpone cheese for only $2 each. I looked to my right and my left and shoved their entire inventory into my cart, but then I felt bad for the poor people who might be throwing a dinner party later that night, and would have to settle for cream cheese, so I put a couple tubs back.
Then my good friend gave me a huge—I mean huge—bowl of fresh raspberries from her garden (THANK YOU, JoLene!!!) And today’s recipe was obvious: raspberry tiramisu.
Now, I’m not a coffee person nor a rum person, so this recipe is completely safe for kids, babies, Mormons—whoever. And you don’t need to use as many raspberries as I did. I think that’s almost a full flat’s worth in that picture, so unless you grow your own, have friends who love you enough to give you some from their garden, or want to remortgage your home to purchase that many, I suggest using fewer. It won’t matter, either way.
Raspberry Tiramisu
1 8 ounce package mascarpone cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
40 or so store bought lady fingers
1 8 ounce jar seedless raspberry jam
juice of 2 lemons
raspberries, a lot, as many as you can get
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together mascarpone and sugar. Add a bit of cream and mix until combined. Add a little more cream and mix again until the mixture is well incorporated and very liquid. Pour in the rest of the cream and the vanilla. Change to the whisk attachment and beat on high until stiff peaks form.
2. Line the bottom of a 9 inch glass baking dish with half of the lady fingers, or however many will fit. Heat the jam and transfer to a small bowl and stir in lemon juice. Spread half of the jam mixture evenly over the lady fingers. Evenly spread half of the mascarpone and cream mixture over that, and top with half of the raspberries. Repeat the first layer with the rest of the ingredients. Refrigerate over night, or as long as you can before you can’t wait anymore.
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Staring at those photos is seriously making me drool right now. I am wondering what would be the quickest way to your house right now because if I can’t get my hands on that many raspberries- I know that you’ve got to have some of this yummalicious looking tiramisu left. Please say you do! Great post!
love the raspberries.. it is in my dreams that I would ever have a fresh score like that… thank you neighbour indeed!
Mmm sounds like a great no-bake dessert for summer! I’m just unable to approach the oven in such hot weather, but your tiramisu definitely looks like a serious dessert you could serve to guests! I will mind your recipe!
Kamran sounds like a stalker!
I’ll settle for you sending me whatever’s left by email or FTP.
Nice depth of field on the photos BTW.
Looks great, I’m overrun with garden raspberries and I love mascarpone. Quick question, the ladyfingers aren’t being dipped in anything, as in a regular tiramisu. Do they go soft, or retain a bit of crunch?
I totally hear ya about the Target thing! I have one in walking distance and I sometimes find myself there more than once in a day. The Tiramisu look fabulous!! I have a question, I am currently trying to lighten things up, is there any way to lower the calorie count for this tasty treat?
The lady fingers I used did get soft, but I think they were pretty soft to begin with. If you like the lady fingers soggy, you might want to heat up more jam and soak them first. I debated whether or not to do this as you would with the espresso. I did consider soaking them in a lemon syrup. But I thought that might be too sweet. If you do want to try it, though, you could make up a lemon syrup by boiling together 1/2 cup of water, 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, and 1/4 cup of sugar.
This looks beautiful and delicious! Costco has a great deal on raspberries, so I see this stunning dessert in my future:)
Hm, that’s a good question. Are you doing Weight Watchers by any chance? I don’t, but I have a lot of friends who do, and I just discovered that my favorite jam might be zero points because they now add fiber to it. Plus, it has no added sugar, and no artificial sweeteners. It’s the Polaner All Fruit with Fiber. In 1 tablespoon, it has 35 calories and 3 grams of fiber. SuperTarget carries it, as a matter of fact, for about $2.
If you wanted to lighten up the mascarpone, you could try putting a package of cottage cheese in the blender or food processor to take away the lumps, then strain it over night in a fine stainless steel mesh sieve lined with two paper towels or a cheese cloth. That will bring the cottage cheese to a thicker and smoother consistency, and might lighten things up a bit. But I’ve never tried that before. I’ll have to one of these days.
Oh my gosh…my mouth is hanging open right now. That looks so incredibly delicious. I love Target too. I was there all the time when I was in Provo, even though it was 15 minutes away. But now I live 2.5 hours from a Target, which is very sad indeed.
Ahh all those raspberries with mascarpone looks absolutely gorgeous! This is definitely a summer version of tiramisu and I can’t wait to try it out.
lovely! this looks more elegant and would taste MUCH better than the traditional version to me.
Raspberries are one of my very favorite foods! Love this recipe!
We just started our back yard raspberry patch last year, so sadly we don’t have that many this year, but this looks amazing, and I will store it for next year when we hopefully have enough berries to make it! yum!
Oh, yes please!
I’m not sure I would have demonstrated the same restraint as you at seeing mascarpone on sale.
Love this gorgeous summer dessert!
Marscapone is truly the food of the gods. This looks amazing, since you have combined my two most favorite things, rapsberries and marscapone. I wish I was running into you at Target!
Perfection! I will be making this over the weekend, great job on the photo by the way.
I am tempted! This is such a pretty dessert and I can only begin to imagine how good it must taste.
What a great idea for tiramisu. I love it. Your photos are gorgeous as usual!
I am envious of not only the dessert but the photos…amazing.
I love how you profess your love for Target. We live a mere mile or two from T-1, the first Target store, now newly remodeled, and I am ALWAYS there.
Love the fresh take on tiramisu. We have plenty of raspberries to use up right now, and it looks like they’ll be coming for quite a while.
Wow, this looks fabulous! I can’t wait to try this out, only wish I had a neighbor with raspberry bushes and the hankering to share
Woah, Baby! Hello wonderfulness.
Jolene gave me raspberry starts and the gardeners thought they were WEEDS and pulled ‘em! I haven’t had the heart to tell her yet. Perhaps I’ll try begging for more next year.
I made your pinkalicious cupcakes (well, I must admit to using a strawberry cake mix!). That frosting! YUM.
Love, Bree
Ooooooh m y gosh! This looks incredible! Bookmarked!
Beautiful photos. Really lovely. The recipes sounds delicious. Now I just have to find a friend with raspberries. Thanks for sharing.
Oh gosh, does this every look good! What a spectacular idea!
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