What your tiramisu should contain Tiramisu is a surprisingly easy-to-make Italian dessert. It usually alternates a layer of ladyfinger biscuits, soaked in espresso coffee, and a mixture of mascarpone, egg, sugar and amaretto or marsala. Once prepared, refrigerate for a few hours and sprinkle with cocoa. How the pre-packaged, ‘industrial’ versions were formulated…
To illustrate, here is an example of a packaged Tiramisu by ‘Dolce Mamma’ Nb: It’s interesting how in this ‘industrial’ tiramisu, the traditional main ingredient – mascarpone – is listed as one of the thickening agents 😊. Ingredients: Water, Glucose Syrup, Coconut Oil, Milk Proteins, Wheat Flour, Sugar, Alcohol, Egg Stabiliser: Sorbitols Thickeners: Carrageenan, Xanthan Gum, Tapioca Starch, Mascarpone Cheese (0.5% (Milk), Egg Yolk, Cocoa 0.5%, Dextrose, Soluble Coffee 0.3%), Potato Starch Emulsifier: Mono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids Raising Agents: Sodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid Coffee Extract, Wheat Starch, Natural Flavouring, Cocoa Butter, Salt, Caramelised Sugar, Alcohol Degree 1.8% And the moral of this story is...Eat ultra-processed foods at your own risk and remember the words from Test-Achats -
"Tiramisu is a surprisingly easy-to-make Italian dessert".
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