Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 Eggs; separated
1/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Mascarpone 2 tbsp
1/2 c Cheese; cottage 2 tbsp -
1 ts Lemon zest or vanilla
Salt
24 Ladyfingers (italian are bes
Coffee mixture:
1 c Coffee; very strong
2 tb Liquor or almond extract
2 tb Sugar
2 ts Cocoa powder

Beat 2 egg yolks with 1/4 cup sugar till light and fluffy. Add
mascarpone and cottage cheese blended together. Add lemon zest or
vanilla. Beat 2 egg whites with dash of salt till stiff and add to
cream mixture. Mix coffee, liquor or almond extract and sugar till
dissolved. Layer bottom of bowl with ladyfingers and 'wet' them with
half of coffee mixture. Spread half of cream, put a second layer of
ladyfingers and coffee and spread remaining cream on top. Refrigerate
at least 1/2 day. Before serving, sprinkle with cocoa powder. To make
Strawberry-Rhubarb Tiramisu: cook 1 lb rhubarb (4 cups) with 1/2 cup
sugar and 2 Tbsp water for 5 minutes. Slice 1 cup strawberries,
sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar and let stand 1 hour. Make cream as above
(reduce sugar to 3 Tbsp), layer bowl with ladyfingers and wet them
with rhubarb or strawberry juice. Put a layer of rhubarb,
strawberries, half of the cream and repeat, finishing with cream.
Refrigerate half a day. Decorate with strawberries before serving.

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