Question 1

What is Tiramisu?

Accepted Answer

Tiramisu is a coffee flavored traditional Italian dessert. This dessert is made of savoiardi cookies (also known as ladyfingers) dipped in coffee, mascarpone and cream custard, eggs and cocoa powder. The meaning of the word tiramisu is "pick me up" or "cheer me up”.

Question 2

Does tiramisu have raw eggs?

Accepted Answer

In most traditional Italian tiramisu recipes, you will find raw eggs, and basically it’s totally fine if the eggs are fresh. There are versions of tiramisu that are made without raw egg yolks, some recipes don’t use eggs at all, some using just egg whites or using heavy whipping cream instead of eggs.

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