Prep Time: 20 minutes | Serves: 6
Ingredients
2 cups berries
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ cup Chardonnay
20 sponge fingers
3 cold egg yolks
2 tubs Mascarpone
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
2 cups freshly brewed Espresso
1 cup whipping cream, whipped to soft-medium peaks
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
Cocoa powder for dusting
Individual dessert glasses / pots or a medium baking dish
1. Combine the berries, sugar and Chardonnay over a medium heat and allow wine to reduce and blackberries to soften to a syrup like consistency for about 7 – 10 minutes. Cool completely.
2. In a bowl, combine egg yolks, sugar and whisk for 3 – 5 minutes on a medium speed till sugar has completely dissolved and the mixture has turned pale. Add mascarpone, whisk for a further minute.
3. Whip cream with sugar to medium soft peaks, refrigerate till use.
4. To assemble, layer biscuits and pour over a couple of tablespoons of espresso over the biscuits. Dollop boozy berries & pour over mascarpone mixture. Dip biscuits into espresso & make a second layer followed by blackberries and pour over mascarpone. Refrigerate for at least a couple of hours.
5. Once set, spread / pipe whipping cream, dust with cocoa powder & serve.
Precooking Tips
• You can make individual servings in dessert glasses, simply break biscuits, soak in espresso and layer with berries, mascarpone followed by another layer of all three. Finish off with whipped cream and cocoa powder. To make a large tray version, layer biscuits flat and follow the above steps!