Cottage Cheese Tiramisu: Budget-Friendly Italian Dessert

Budget-friendly, made from ordinary products, for the holiday table! Tiramisu with cottage cheese is a version of the famous Italian dessert without the use of expensive mascarpone. This tiramisu tastes different from the classic one, but cottage cheese lovers will definitely like it.
cook time: 4h
Gavin Tanner
Cottage Cheese Tiramisu: Budget-Friendly Italian Dessert

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

233
Calories
8g
Fat
29g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Savoiardi cookies 60 g

For impregnation:

Coffee 150 g
Cognac 3 tsp
cinnamon stick 1 pc

For cream:

Salt to taste
Eggs 1 pc
Powdered sugar 90 g
Cottage cheese 150 g
Dark chocolate 50 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make tiramisu with cottage cheese? Prepare your food. To soak the cookies, brew strong coffee. Use alcohol if the dessert is intended for adults only. Instead of cognac, rum or aromatic liqueur are also suitable.

Step 2

Step 2
Add a cinnamon stick to hot, strong coffee and leave until it cools completely.

Step 3

Step 3
Pour a teaspoon of cognac into the cooled coffee.

Step 4

Step 4
Next, start preparing the cream. Prepare food for him. Take cottage cheese that is soft, not dry, with the lowest fat content (I used 1.8%). These can be briquettes (like mine) or soft cottage cheese in tubes. Depending on what kind of cottage cheese you use, the cream will turn out more or less dense: with soft cottage cheese in tubes it will be more homogeneous, airy, without grains.

Step 5

Step 5
How to make cream? Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. Place a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water so that the bottom does not touch the water — this will be a water bath. Pour the yolks into a bowl and beat them directly in a water bath with 30g of powdered sugar until pale yellow.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour the remaining cognac into the yolk mass and beat it until smooth for another 2 minutes. Remove the cream from the water bath and beat it for another 5 minutes until thickened.

Step 7

Step 7
Lightly beat the cottage cheese with a mixer.

Step 8

Step 8
Add it to the yolk cream, stir until smooth.

Step 9

Step 9
Separately, beat the egg whites and salt with a mixer at low speed, then increase the beating speed and gradually add the remaining powdered sugar. Beat the whites until stiff peaks form.

Step 10

Step 10
Gently fold the whipped whites into the curd cream (one spoon at a time) and stir until smooth.

Step 11

Step 11
Grate the chocolate on a fine grater. To make this more convenient, first keep the chocolate in the freezer for a while.

Step 12

Step 12
Dip savoiardi in coffee and cognac and place on the bottom of the bowls.

Step 13

Step 13
Spread the curd cream on top and smooth it out.

Step 14

Step 14
Sprinkle the cream with grated chocolate. Repeat layers depending on the height of the bowls. Place the dessert in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to soak. Garnish the finished dessert with mint and grated orange zest (it goes perfectly with this dessert). Serve to the table. Bon appetit!

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