Lyre's Coffee Spirit Tiramisu

Ingredients

For this recipe you will need a rectangular baking dish approximately 25cm x 30cm

• 6 oz strong black coffee ( preferable espresso )
• 1.41 oz caster sugar
• 2 oz Lyre's Coffee Originale
• 1 oz Lyre's American Malt
• 17.64 oz marscapone
• 15.22 oz thickened cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.71 oz icing sugar
• 1.76 oz good quality dark chocolate cocoa powder for dusting
• Approximately 30 x Savoiardi sponge finger biscuits

Method

1. Begin by combining the caster sugar to the black coffee whilst hot and stir to dissolve then mix in the Lyre's Coffee Originale and Lyre's American Malt. Place in a bowl and set aside. This will be the liquid used to soak the savoiardi sponge biscuits.
2. Place the mascarpone, thickened cream, vanilla and icing sugar in a bowl and whisk until soft peaks forms.
3. To assemble: Briefly dunk the savoiardi biscuits one at a time in the coffee mixture and line the bottom of your baking dish with the biscuits, be sure to cover the entire surface and if necessary, break some of the biscuits to fit in place.
4. Next spoon over the mascarpone mixture and smooth over the surface of the soaked biscuits.
5. Sift a layer of cocoa over the top of the mascarpone and repeat this process again so that you have 2 layers of soaked biscuit, mascarpone and cocoa.
6. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving to allow time for the tiramisu to set. Use a large spatula or spoon to serve.