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Okay, I tried to make this recipe simple so that everyone can do this easily. Indeed, it's a bit tricky but cooking do needs a lot of patience.

Ingredients that you may need in making tiramisu:

- Mascarpone cheese

- Vanilla Pastry Cream

- Whipped Cream

- Zabaglione.

DAY 1:

Firstly, you have to make Mascarpone Cheese 'cause this one rarely available in Malaysia. So, instead of buying one that's probably expensive, you might want to try to do it on your own.

It's easy, believe me.

Ingredients:

If you use this one, one carton is already 250 ml, so just need one more carton.

How to make Mascarpone Cheese:

First you need one carton of whipping cream and 1-2 of lemons.

1. You need a double-boiler, let the water boiling for a while then maintained the heat to medium-low so that the water barely simmering.

2. Pour the whipping cream into medium heat resistant bowl and placed it onto the boiler.

3. Heat the cream, stirring often. Wait until small bubbles appears on the surfaces.

4. It takes about 15 mins. Then, add up lemon juice and continue heating them up.

5. You must stirring gently, until the cream curdles. (kental like mcm liat or custard-like textures!)

6. To know that is done, it will cover a back of your wooden spoon thickly.

7. Remove the bowl from the water and let it cool for 20 mins.

8. Next, you will need dampened cheesecloth (kain kasa) and set it over a bowl.

9. Then, transfer the mixture just now into the cheesecloth.[Don't squeeze it]
10. Once cooled completely, cover up with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or to 24 hours.

The dampened cheesecloth would looks like this one.

After an overnight or even 24 hours period, the mascarpone cheese would looks like this one.

Secondly, in making zabaglione.

You'll need :

- 2 large egg yolks

- 3 tablespoons sugar

- 1/4 cup of coffee

- 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract/ essence

- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (kulit limau)

How to make zabaglione?

1. Heat water in double-boiler or you can make it on your own style but make sure the pot below is more smaller than the bowl on top of it.

2. Pour in water abour an inch and let it boiling until it simmering.

3. Make sure the bottom of the top bowl don't touch the water.

4. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the egg yolks, sugar, coffee, vanilla extract/essence, lemon zest.
5. Whisk together until the yolks are fully blended (sampai dah tak nampak kuning telur, pale yellowish mixture)
6. Makes sure the mixture looks smooth
7. Transfer the mixture to the top of a double boiler with simmering water.
8. Cook the egg mixture over low heat, stirring constantly for about 8 mins (it'll be resemble thick custard)
9. Bubbles a bit as it reaches that consistency.
10. Let it cool to the room temperature. Transfer into a bowl and let it chill in the refrigerator for an overnight.

This is zabaglione would look alike.

Thirdly, in making vanilla pastry cream.

You'll need:

- 1/4 cup sugar

- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract/ essence

- 1 large egg yolk

- 3/4 cup whole milk

How to make it?

1. Mix together the sugar, flour, lemon zest and vanilla extract in a saucepan.

2. then, add the egg yolk and half the milk.

3. Whisk until smooth.

4. Place the saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring constantly to prevent the mixture from curdling.

5. Add the remaining milk a little at a time, stirring constantly.

6. After about 12 mins, the mixture will be thick, free of lumps and beginning to bubble.

7. Transfer the pastry cream into a bowl and let it cool to the room temperature.

8. Cover with plastic film and refrigerate at least 4 hours or an overnight.

Whipped cream - you can either buy it or make it. I would choose to buy it.

Whipped cream.

Day 2:
Okay, now we have come to the step to assemble the tiramisu.

1. Get ready the serving dish

2. Mix together the warm espresso (kopi yang pekat without sugar) along with 1 tablespoon of sugar in a different bowl.

3. Whisking it to mix well.

4. Set aside to let it cool.

On the other side,

1. In a large bowl, beat the mascarpone cheese with a spoon/ spatula to break the lump and make it smooth.

2. Make sure it is easier to fold.

3. Add in the prepared and chilled zabaglione and vanilla pastry cream, blending until just combined.

4. Set aside.

---> Start assembling the tiramisu in the serving dish.

(must workings quickly)

1. Dips 12 of ladyfingers in sweetened espresso or any coffee will do. (these ladyfingers or known as savoiardi, you could buy in any mart. Don't worry)

2. They should be moist.

3. Placing them side by side in a single row.

4. Use rubber spatula - spread the mixtures of mascarpone cheese, zabaglione and vanilla pastry cream earlier on top of the dipped ladyfingers that has been placed in the serving dish. (spread the tiramisu cream evenly).

5. Repeat to create 2 more layers.

6. Lastly, cover the top with whipped cream evenly, all the way to the edges.

7. Cover the serving dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate the tiramisu overnight.

---> To serve:

1. Sprinkle the tiramisu with cocoa powder by using fine-mesh strainer.(penapis serbuk koko and dinasihatkan: use a little amount of cocoa powder so that the bitterness of your tiramisu is just nice)