Tiramisu

This is the quintessential post for a cooking blog.

So without much further ado,

What you'll need:

• 2 cups of milk
• 3/4 cups of granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup of flour
• 6 large egg yolks
• 1/4 cup of dark rum (Captain Morgan seemed to do the trick)
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup of butter
• 8 oz of mascarpone

• 32 ladyfingers (works with 24 as well)

• 1 1/2 cup of strong coffee or espersso
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of dark rum
• rasberries (optional)

Ladyfingers can be found in any large local supermarket, mascarpone is a little pricey but oh-so-worth-it.

How it's done:

Custard

1. In a medium sized saucepan, heat 1 3/4 cups of milk and 1/2 cups of sugar.

2. Bring to a boil

3. Meanwhile whisk together 1/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of sugar and egg yolks in a heat proof bowl

4. Combine the two in the heatproof bowl

5. Whisk, whisk, whisk

6. Add to a new clean medium saucepan

7. Bring to a boil, and whisk until it thickens

8. Strain into a large bowl (remove lumps)

9. Whisk in 1/4 cup of rum and vanilla

10. Seal the bowl, you don't want a crust to form. Cling film and rubberband works great

11. Refrigerate (for at least 3 hours)

Coffee Soaking Syrup:

1. In a large shallow bowl, combine rum, coffee, and sugar.

Tiramisu-building:

1.Line a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan with plastic wrap. Make sure it extends over the sides.

2. Dip one ladyfinger at a time in the coffee mixture, line the bottom of the loaf pan with about 8 ladyfingers side by side.

3. Cover completely with custard.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until full, or custard is used up.

5. Cover air tight and efrigerate (over night or about 6 hours)

To serve, flip over carefully, and remove plastic. Serve with grated dark chocolate sprinkled on top and rasberries or strawberries

(PS the Custard and strawberries are fucking incredible)