In Eritrean cuisine, you will not find many recipes of desserts. Erirea is blessed with a wide variety of exotic fruits such as mango, avocado,bananas, papaya and pineapples, and so the people in Eritrea eat alot of fruit salads for dessert. Another delicious dessert traditionally prepared by women is sweet hembesha. Hembesha is made with fresh yeast, cumin, sugar, soaked raisins, salt, eggs, margarine or butter and flour. Hembesha is very easy to prepare: you have to dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water in a large bowl, mix the eggs and the spices and the flour and put the mixture in a warm place then bake the bread in a covered frying pan for at least ten minutes.
As I mentioned earlier, Eritrea was colonized by the Italians and thus, their cuisine is very much influenced by those of the Italians. The most enjoyed desserts in Eritrea are those of the Italians...such as TIRAMISU
Tiramusu Recipe:
Ingredients
Topping
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
- unit chocolate shavings and cocoa powder, for garnish
Cream Filling
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 5 unit egg yolk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup Marsala wine
- 2 cups mascarpone cheese
Ladyfinger Base
- 1 1/2 cups coffee
- 1/4 cup rum
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1 package ladyfinger biscuits
- 1/2 cup grated chocolate
Directions
Topping
- Whip cream to soft peaks and stir in sugar and coffee liqueur. Chill until ready to assemble.
Cream Filling
- Whip cream to soft peaks and stir in vanilla extract. Chill.
- Place a pot with 2 inches of water on medium heat and bring to a simmer. In a metal or glass bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine. Place over the pot of simmering water and whisking constantly until mixture has doubled and holds a ribbon design on itself when you lift the whisk. Remove from heat.
- Whisk in mascarpone cheese and if still warm, chill until at least room temperature. Fold in vanilla whipped cream. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Ladyfinger Base
- Mix coffee, rum and sugar until sugar has dissolved.
To Assemble
- Dip ladyfingers in the coffee soaking liquid, just for a moment, to let it soak up the coffee (but not get soggy). Line the bottom of a trifle bowl, or decorative casserole dish completely with the soaked ladyfingers.
- Spread a half of the Cream Filling over the ladyfingers and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
- Repeat Steps 1 and 2. (If your trifle dish is quite tall, repeat Steps 1 & 2 again, using a third of the cream filling each time).
- Spread whipped cream topping over Tiramisu,
- *Optional* -Dust with cocoa powder and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
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