December Review: Tiramisu Anacapri

[Holly in KC]

I made the Tiramisu Anacapri from the December issue for Thanksgiving dessert. It was pretty good (and definitely easy!), and I'll probably try it again, but with some changes:

1. For our taste, it was a bit too sweet, and maybe a bit too vanilla. Perhaps reduce the can of consensed milk by 1/2, and the vanilla pudding by 1/2 ... replace with a bit of marscapone (I'm obviously adding some fat here). Does anyone else have any suggestions to reduce the sweetness?

2. Drizzling the coffee/kahlua resulted in a bit too much liquid in the dessert: I'd briefly dip the ladyfingers in the mixture next time.

Has anyone else tried this one?

[Tiger]

Has anyone else tried this one. I'm trying to decide to make this one or the one in the complete cl cookbook. I've never made tiramisu before.

[missbonnie]

I made this yesterday and it was incredible. Instead of drizzling the kahlua/coffee mixture, I dipped the ladyfingers in it. I didn't use soft layfingers that split that was used in the recipe but I don't think it made a difference. Everyone couldn't believe it was low fat. I didn't think it was too sweet or too vanilla flavored at all. I used a 1oz package of vanilla pudding instead of 1.4 oz and used lowfat sweetened condensed milk instead of fat free because I couldn't find it.

[Tiger]

I served this last night at a party. Everyone loved it. I too couldn't believe it was low-fat. It was a little watery at the bottom, but that was ok. The presatation was very pretty. I would diffently make this again!

[JohnS]

I made this recipe for my Christmas dinner guests. I don't care for artificial sweeteners so I used regular pudding mix and the reduced fat whipped topping. I used only enough of the coffee liquid to saturate the lady fingers. I had a small amt left over, not used. Mine had more calories but it was excellent.

[Lynn B]

Just passing along a fun-fact I read recently in one of my CL books or magazines...

A great substitute for lady fingers is sliced pound cake or sliced angel food cake! That is a good hint when lady fingers are hard to find (like in rural NW PA where I live!)

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to! (I never met a tiramasu I didn't like! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif )

Lynn

[Grace]

Someone just asked for it a few threads down...here's the link:
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/004625.html

[mlynn]

Originally posted by Lynn B:
Just passing along a fun-fact I read recently in one of my CL books or magazines...

A great substitute for lady fingers is sliced pound cake or sliced angel food cake! That is a good hint when lady fingers are hard to find (like in rural NW PA where I live!)

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to! (I never met a tiramasu I didn't like! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif )

Lynn

I just wanted to say that I have used sliced pound cake and angel food cake as substitutions for lady fingers, and both work well. Like you, I've sometimes had trouble finding ladyfingers, though I recently noticed that my grocery store (King Sooper's) has the crisp ladyfingers in the Italian food aisle, near the biscotti. Maybe your grocery does the same??

[Wienie]

Would anyone be able to post this recipe? I'm at work and I was hoping to pick up the ingredients after work today. Would really appreciate it.
Thanks Jeanne

[Lynn B]

mlynn,
Thanks for the reply, and the tip! I will check my grocery store again!
Lynn

[jmarie]

Originally posted by Wienie:
Would anyone be able to post this recipe? I'm at work and I was hoping to pick up the ingredients after work today. Would really appreciate it.
Thanks Jeanne
I know this is late, but anyone reading this thread who might be interested!
Tiramisu Anacapri
1 cup cold water
1(14oz.)can fat-freevsweetened condensed milk
1(1.4 oz.)pkg.sugar-free vanilla instant pudding mix
1 (8oz.)block 1/3less-fat cream cheese
1 (8oz.) tub frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping,thawed
1 Cup hot water
1/2 Kahlua` (coffee-flavored liquor)
1 Tblsp.instant expresso or 2 tblsp.instant coffee granules
24 ladyfingers (2-3oz.pkgs)
3 Tblsp. unsweetened cocoa divided
1. Combine first three ingredients in a large bowl, stir well with a wisk. Cover surface with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes or until firm.
2. Remove plactic wrap andadd cream cheese. Beat with a mixer at medium speeduntil well blended. Gently fold in whipped topping..
3. Combine hot water, Kahlah`, and expresso. Split the lady fingers in half lengthwise. Arrange 16 slices, flat side down, in a trifle bowl(or other larger glass bowl.Drizzle with 1/2 cup Kahlua mixtureevenly over the ladyfingers; sprinkle with 1 Tblsp. cocoa. Repeat layers, ending with cocoa. Cover and chill at least 8 hours.
Yield 12 servings(serving size, about 2/3 cup each)
Calories 310;26%from fat);
Fat9.1g (sat6g,mono2.1,poly0.3g.)
Protein7.8g;Carb44g;Fiber0.2g;Chol 95mg;Iron1.1mg;Sodium265mg;Calc124mg

[JohnS]

I loved this recipe but made a few changes. I used reduced fat whipped topping and used the box of 'sugar' pudding which makes an equivalent amount. I really don't like artificial sweetner.

[jmarie]

I made this recipe and it reminds me of a story I once heard. There was this little boy playing in the same room as his dad, who was watching TV. The dad was eating olives out of the jar. His son watched him intently for a minute and went over to his dad... The converstaion went like this
"Dad, can I have an olive?"
"Sure, son!"
So his dad gave him an olive and the boy ate it. A few minutes later, the boy asked his dad again.
"Dad, can I have another one?"
"Sure, son!"
And his dad gave him another. A few minutes later, the son asked again...."Dad, can I have one more?" To which the dad, lovingly gave him another. When the boy put the olive in his mouth, he started crying...wailing....His dad startled, asked his son..."What's wrong son?????What is the matter with you?" His son looked up at him and tearfully said...."You're getting all the good ones!"
Welllllll.....after reading all the reviews...I decided to make the dessert and I can't figure out why I don't like it...I guess I just do not like a coffee taste in a dessert. I used to make a similar dessert using almond flavoring that everyone raved over....but I guess you just gotta be a coffee lover to like this one, though!
I guess I am going to have to give it a thumbs down!

[mb]

anyone have any comments about the tiramisu anacapri vs. the white russian tiramisu?!?! is one better than the other?

[WeekendCook]

I haven't tried the white russian tiramisu yet, but have made the tiramisu anacapri. I liked it, however, it made A LOT, way too much for just the two of us, even if we ate it every night for a week! As a matter of fact, I still have over half of it in the freezer! I haven't thawed any of it out, so I don't even know if it will be any good when thawed. Has anyone else tried this?

I did not use all of the coffee/kahlua mixture, only about 2/3 of it.

[SuzyQue]

I made this yesterday and loved it! I used the sugary pudding mix because I don't like the flavor of aspartame. Also, I dipped the lady fingers into the coffee/Kahlua mixture. The only issue I had was that the I wasn't able to completely "blend" the cream cheese into the pudding mixture. It blended for the most part, but there were a bunch of small "bits" of cream cheese floating around in the mixture. It doesn't effect the flavor at all, but the texture seems a little off. Did this happen to anyone else?

[greysangel]

there have been several posts about anacapri vs white russian and i think it's pretty even...some people like the anacapri better and some like the white russian better.


I personally like the anacapri better as does DH and he has tried probably 12 different tiramisu recipes. I think it has to do with the pudding. I use white chocolate instead of vanilla. I think people who prefer the anacapri like a more custard like dish? For some reason the white russian makes me crave the full fat tiramisu while the anacapri has a unique enough flavor to satisfy me.

JeAnne

ps Suzy did you let your ccheese sit out? I let mine soften and come to room temperature for a couple hours before blending it with the pudding and have no problem.

[SuzyQue]

Hmmm, I don't think I did leave the cream cheese out before trying to blend it. I used Neufchatel 1/3 less fat cheese, so even though it was cold it was already pretty soft.

[TeriK]

Well, I am going to have to try this one. Tiramasu is my hubby's fave and I am a big fan as well. I have yet to make my own, but I think I will have to try this and decide for myself. Thanks for the lively discussion.

[TLee4]

Originally posted by SuzyQue
I made this yesterday and loved it! I used the sugary pudding mix because I don't like the flavor of aspartame. Also, I dipped the lady fingers into the coffee/Kahlua mixture. The only issue I had was that the I wasn't able to completely "blend" the cream cheese into the pudding mixture. It blended for the most part, but there were a bunch of small "bits" of cream cheese floating around in the mixture. It doesn't effect the flavor at all, but the texture seems a little off. Did this happen to anyone else?

I wish I would have read this thread more carefully! I had the exact same problem. The results were still wonderful--I'd rate it a "9", but it will definitely be a "10" next time, after softening the cream cheese.

BTW, thanks to JeAnne especially for continuing to "plug" this recipe in various threads. It convinced me to try it. (I once made another Tiramisu recipe with less than stellar results!) Next time I will try the white chocolate pudding...mmmm....

:) Terri