Lost Art of the Dinner Party Recipe
The Lost Art of the Dinner Party – A Semi-Rant and a Recipe
May 19, 2014 at 10:09 am
From the Dessert Category at emealsforyou.com
Tiramisu
Every once in a while I get a little crazy and think it is time to challenge myself and have a full-blown dinner party. We are talking 5 courses including 5 appetizers. This was a sit down event; 9 of us in total. I had some pressure to expand the number but then again that person doesn’t understand a sit down dinner; much less a 5-course meal designed around a theme. Once you decide on a menu and the guest list; it is time to examine whether you have enough plates to support your craziness. Then it is time to get into the kitchen and prepare the meal. It helps significantly to borrow from the business world and develop a timeline for when you will serve each course and when you need to start the cooking process for that course. The only hiccup was that Whole Foods forgot to prepare the whole red snapper; meaning it arrived with the head on and scales intact. A second trip back to Whole Foods rectified this and the meal went off without a hitch.
Tiramisu
Recipe Summary
Complexity:
Easy
Serves:
12
Category:
Dessert
Meal:
Brunch Anyone? (Distinctive Dinners)
1
qt
cream, whipping
2
- cup
- sugar, granulated
- 24
- oz
- cream cheese
2
Tb
coffee, instant
3
Tb
water, hot
4
Tb
sugar, granulated
4
Tb
coffee liqueur
6
oz
chocolate, ground
4
Tb
cocoa
2
package
ladyfingers
Whip cream with 1/2 the sugar. Cream the cream cheese with remaining sugar until light. Gradually add whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture.
Dissolve coffee in hot water, add sugar and coffer liqueur.
Place a layer of ladyfingers (split) in bottom of serving bowl (6X9), brush with coffee mixture, sprinkle with cocoa and chocolate, spread a layer of cream cheese mixture (3/4” thick). Sprinkle with cocoa and chocolate, repeat ladyfingers, and so on. Cover top with final layer of cocoa and chocolate, refrigerate.
Best when made the day before.
Hint: serve with a drizzle of hot fudge sauce on top. Shown here made in a 9 X 9 springform pan.
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