Pistachio Tiramisu & good-bye to 2013...

The holidays are a time to visit family, cuddle up by the fire, and my favorite part make something sweet.  So for this holiday I bake with my sister Laura, and my mom in Texas at my grandmothers house.  My sister loves Tiramisu so we saw a recipe in the edible Austin cooks that took toasted pistachios and amaretto liqueur and layered into a tiramisu.  It was so delicious and perfect for that holiday table spread.

Pistachio Tiramisu

pistachio paste:

 place 1. c. toasted nuts in a food processor and finely chop

then add 1/2 c. honey and 1 tsp salt and blend till a paste

set off to the side to add later

Tiramisu

in a bowl add 10 egg yolks and 3/4 c. sugar

and using a kitchen aid mixer blend the mixture till it turnes a light lemon yellow in color and thick and creamy about 5-7 minutes.

then add 3 c. Mascarpone cheese the pistachio paste and 1 tsp salt

Beat until well blended

in a separate bowl whip up 3 c. of Whipping cream with 1/4c. sugar

till soft peaks then add to pistachio mixture.

folding

next take 1/4c. pistachio and 5 amaretto cookies or any type of cookie I used Miliano

and blend till fine in a blender

set off to the side

then take 3/4 c. freshly brewed espresso or coffee and add 1/4 c. amaretto liqueur

and 20 ladyfinger cookies and cut in half

(you will be dipping the ladyfingers in the coffee while layering up the tiramisu)

Now layer up in a glass bowl or make it fun by using martini glasses

layer the tiramisu mousse

then a layer of ladyfingers dipped in the coffee then placed on top of the mousse

then sprinkle with cookie mixture

then repeat
then chill before serving:)

To Watch the How To video here

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

see ya next year..