Tiramisu con succo di arancia e mirtilli {Blueberries and blood orange juice Tiramisu}
In case you didn’t know, Tiramisu is my hands-down, favorite dessert of all time. Today, I’m pleased as punch to introduce you to Giulia from Jul’s Kitchen. She’s a cutie patootie and she’s graciously agreed to stop by and share her twist on this iconic dessert. I know I’ll be making this soon, and I’m pretty sure, once you read this, you will be too.
Baci!
Paula has definitely been my first international contact, she’s gifted with creativity, patience, kindness and a mouth-watering ability to capture with her words and recipes the luscious side of life. She’s been a lovely guest at Juls’ Kitchen with her Strawberry Shortcake, so I was immediately ready to answer YES! when she asked me to contribute with a guest post here.
Obviously I wanted to offer Paula something Italian for my guest post, as Paula has the Italian style carved all over her blog and recipes. I wanted to put a twist on a traditional recipe as well, as tradition and rules are very important to be followed, but innovation brings new life and let us discover new and delicious combination of flavours.
Name an Italian dessert, just one, and I bet that one person out of two will surely answer your question with the sweet and smooth tiramisu and a wide smile, foretasting the pleasure of a velvety cream and the dark bitter aroma of coffee. What is the key to success of tiramisu? Why people from all over the world look at this Italian dessert like one of the most luscious and sensual desserts ever? I think the reason lays into its structure, lights and shadows into the same spoonful, the perfect marriage of bitter and sweet.
So, when I was thinking about a new version of tiramisu, I decided to substitute coffee with blood orange juice, to exchange a bitter flavour with a citrus one. Following the path of fruity, dark chocolate became juicy blueberries, because flavor is the leading component, but I wanted to have a nice color contrast and red blood orange juice enhanced beautifully ivory mascarpone cream and deep blueberries!
Blueberries and blood orange juice Tiramisu
by Jul’s Kitchen
Ingredients:
• mascarpone cheese, 500 g
• fresh eggs, 5
• caster sugar, 5 tablespoons
• Savoy biscuits, 1 big pack (approx. 40 biscuits or more)
• Blood orange juice
• Blueberries
• Cointreau or Grand Marnier, 2 tablespoons (optional)
Directions:
1. Divide egg yolks and egg whites. Whisk egg yolks with sugar with a wooden spoon until they become white and fluffy. Dip your finger in the egg mixture and rub it between your thumb and index finger. It should feel perfectly smooth. Now add mascarpone cheese and keep on stirring until it is all combined.
2. Beat egg whites until they form firm peaks. Add whipped egg whites to the mascarpone mixture and stir lightly. At the very end add 2 tablespoons of Cointreau to give a pleasant and aromatic aftertaste to the cream.
3. Choose your favourite container (a cup of tea for each guest or a large and deep dish or fancy glasses) and put alternatively a layer of mascarpone cheese and a layer of soaked biscuits (soak the Savoy biscuits just for a few seconds into unsweetened blood orange juice), finishing with the cream. Sprinkle some blueberries over the tiramisu to garnish and leave to set in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
This new version is light, fresh and unbelievably aromatic, with the strong flavour of bergamot tea which lingers on your tongue for hours!
Tiramisu is probably in my top 3 favorite desserts! I love this spin on it.
I am not a huge fan of Tiramisu because I don’t really like coffee. However this one – I would devour it if I had it in front of me. It looks incredibly delicious!!!
This sounds great! I’m one of the few that loves the textures of tiramisu, but doesn’t like coffee. Silly me…I never thought to sub the coffee with something else!
what a seriously beautiful and creative dessert! i’ve never had anything with blood oranges before…i should probably try it
I’m happy you are enjoying this version.. if you want, you can substitute coffee with Early grey tea as well, I simply love this version!
Can I get one please? Simply amazing looking and mouth watering.
This looks fantastic!! I’ve never been a fan of tiramisu because of the coffee element, but this looks like a fantastic way to enjoy it and I love that you used blood oranges. Delicious.
Oh wow this looks amazing!!!
This looks fabulous! When are you coming over with some extra
Beautiful photos! And this sounds absolutely heavenly!
That really look GOOD! Oh Yum YUM!
Great looking tiramisu. Very unique.
YUM Tiramisu!!! I’m drooling!! Love it!
I think you summed up the universal appeal of tiramisu – its all the different contrasting flavors and textures at once! Looks gorgeous! Cheers, Michelle
I totally love this! What a great take on Tiramisu!
This is such a creative & fresh take on Tiramisu. Gorgeous photos!
This looks absolutely perfect! The photos are beautiful!
Yum! I’m going to have to try this.. being a lover of tiramisu and anything adventurous! Looks sooo delicious!
What a scrumptious looking dessert! I’m going to try it tomorrow. I made my regular tiramisu a couple of days ago so I already have enough mascarpone cheese on hand. This will be a lovely change of pace. Thank you!
It looks outstanding. I will have to buy mascarpone cheese, but I’m headed out now. It looks too good not to try.
I’m really happy you loved this version of tiramisu!
Thank you again Paula!
Wonderful take of this classic. Love the flavors
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