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Mascarpone flavored with coffee and liqueur adds a luxurious lightness to tiramisu. I COURTESY CULINAT&

TIRAMISU ;;

The name of this classic dessert means "pick me up" in Italian. It requires no cooking and easily feeds acrowd. Because it's essentially an Italian trifle - a cool summer pudding - try serving it at an outdoorparty. But remember that the dish contains raw eggs, so keep it refrigerated until just before serving, j;

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5 eggs, separatedl/2 cup sugar2 cups mascarpone1 teaspoon vanilla extractIVz cups cold strong coffeeVit cup sweet Marsala, dark

rum or brandy24 small ladyfingers (sponge

fingers)2 ounces dark chocolate,

finely grated

In a large bowl, beat egg yolkswith sugar until sugar has dis-solved and the mixture is light,fluffy, pale yellow and leaves aribbon trail when dropped fromthe whisk. Add mascarpone,

vanilla and a dash each of thecoffee and alcohol, and beat un-til the mixture is smooth.

In a separate bowl, whisk eggwhites until soft peaks form. Foldinto the mascarpone mixture.

Pour remaining coffee and al-cohol into a shallow dish. Brieflydip half of the ladyfingers, turn-ing quickly so each side brieflysoaks up the liquid, in the coffee-alcohol mixture; layer the bot-tom of a 8-by-ll baking dishwith the ladyfingers.

Spread half the mascarponemixture over the layer of ladyfin-gers. Add another layer ofsoaked ladyfingers and then an-other layer of mascarpone,smoothing the top layer neatly.

Cover with plastic wrap andchill in the refrigerator, preferably overnight.

When ready to serve, removethe dish from the fridge, discardthe plastic wrap and evenly •dust tiramisu with grated (

chocolate. (The chocolate willgradually melt into the dish, sohold off on the dusting until justbefore serving.) Scoop largespoonfuls onto plates or into'bowls to serve. ~'

Caroline Cummins, Culinate

Nutrition facts per serving:444 calories, 19 g fat, 10 g satu-rated fat, 209 mg cholesterol, 60g carbohydrates, 9 g protein, 372mg sodium, Ig fiber