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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the pastry sheet on a greased baking tray and prick over with a fork. | 2. Bake at 180 degrees C for about 10 minutes until it's golden brown. | 3. Cool and trim to fit a 23cm square cake tin. | 4. Place the water, 2 tablespoons sugar and coffee in a small saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until sugar is dissolved. | 5. Remove from the heat and add the liqueur. | 6. Cool. | 7. To prepare the mascarpone cream place the egg yolks and sugar in a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. | 8. Beat for 5 minutes until mixture is thick. | 9. Remove from the heat and continue beating for a few minutes until it cools down. | 10. Blend in the mascarpone. | 11. In another bowl whisk the cream until its stiff and fold into the mascarpone mix. | 12. Line the base and sides of a 23cm square cake tin with plastic wrap. | 13. Spread 1/3 of the cream mixture into the tin. | 14. Dip half the sponge fingers completely into the coffee syrup mixture and press them gently onto the cream mixture. | 15. Spread with half the remaining cream mix and top with the rest of the dipped sponge fingers. | 16. You only want to dip the sponge fingers, not soak them, they should still be firm. | 17. Spread with the rest of the cream mixture and put the pastry sheet on top. | 18. Cover with plastic wrap and refridgerate overnight. | 19. To serve, invert the slice onto a board so that the pastry is the base. | 20. Remove the plastic wrap. | 21. Cut into squares and serve dusted with cocoa powder and with mixed fresh berries. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shortcrust pastry	1	sheet	rolled	-	-	-	-
water	2/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
caster sugar	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
coffee	2	teaspoons		6.2775	1.0419	0.2086	0.1458
liqueur	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
caster sugar	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
mascarpone cheese	250		softened	-	-	-	-
cream	300	ml		1004.2775	20.2377	11.0471	105.5404
ladyfinger	1	packet		-	-	-	-
cocoa				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.