Why does it work
- Cooking strawberries with sugar focuses their taste and thickens their juice to make a jammy layer that will cry in the cream.
- Before beating the mixture in egg yolk, gently beating the muscarpone in a wheeled cream to prevent a granular texture is kept smooth and ventilated.
- A briefly soaking ladyfingers in matka syrup ensures that they simply become softened without falling.
Strawberries and Matka may look like an unexpected pair, but they have become a popular pair in cafes and desserts, which show in lattes, ice cream, soda floats and layered bakery sweets. Strawberry’s sweet-tart plays beautifully with grass, forms a gradually bitter note of the matka, a refreshing, complex combo, which is for a fresh, bright, summer reflective on a classic dessert like Tirmisu.
My colleague Julia LeviFrom our Birmingham, Alabama, Test Kitchen, saw the ability of this taste pair and developed a version that brings balance and structure to every layer in its strawberry Matka Tiramisu. It performs a silk muscarpon-filling layer for Compot-Lyc Strawberries, Matka Syrup-Lathpad Ladifies, and a creamy, sweet and earthen dessert. The visually striking and further favorable, it is fickle and elegant together.
Serious food / Stacey Alan
A jammy strawberry layer that will not cry
For perfect jammy strawberries, Julia provokes them with sugar, which removes their juice, focuses their taste, and makes the mixture thick in some shiny, spoon, and simply loose enough to spread. Strawberry mixes its shape without crying in cream, creating a clean, separate layer in Tirimisu.
A splash of lemon juice lifts the strawberry, while an alternative touch of St. German – an French Elderflower Licker – connects to soft floral notes that enhance the aroma of the fruit and subtle the tastes of the grass in the matka. It brids the gap between berry and tea, softens their opposite and draws taste into balance.
A syrup
Instead of Espresso Soak used in Classic Tiramisu, this version uses a matka syrup to take ladyfingers a dip. Built with honey and matka, the syrup brings the complexity of soil for sweetness and flowers, sweets – plays beautifully against strawberries and creamy muscarpone filling.
Matka comes Many gradesEach with its intensity, bitterness and aroma. Depending on the variety, tea can range from grass and vegetarian to sweet, walnuts, or even slightly, and in this context, it brings a grounding note that draws everything into balance. While Ceremonial-Grade Matka is more delicate and most suitable for drinking, Pak-grade Matka works well here: it is tasty and strong that stands for the prosperity of muscarpon without dominating sweets. Just be sure to select the unveiled matka, as the Pak Matka sold in the US is often sweet, and a combination of sweet matka with honey will lead to a sweet sweet syrup.
Ensure a light, succulent muscarpon filling
No Tirimisu is completed without its signature muscarpon layer. In the classic version, Muscarpon is usually mixed in a zabaglion – a warm custard that whispers sugar on egg yolk and soft heat. But this method can be fine: Overworking the risk of muscarpone, breaking its delicate emulsion, leading to a granular or rigid filling.
This recipe avoids these risks by taking a gentler approach. The muscarpon is first whipped with tenderly whipped cream – just to combine adequately – then folded in egg yolk and sugar, which is beaten to yellow and volumes. This technique keeps filling light and ventilated by preserving its magnificent prosperity.
The result is silky and stable, with a mousse-like texture that slices cleanly and keeps its shape after chilling. It is rich, but not heavy, and should be soft and bilovi – just like.
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Bring it all together
It is straight to assemble this tiramisu. Each ladyfinger is gently soaked in matka syrup, which is sufficiently longer to absorb the taste without falling, then layered with strawberries and creamy muscarpons. After the assembly, the entire dessert cools for at least eight hours. The resting time allows to be completely set to be set.
A light dust of matka powder at the top before service adds a final hit of scene drama and aromatic bitterness. The result is cool and creamy, which has layered textures and balanced tastes. It is a fresh, Earth that takes to Tirimisu that proves that Matka and Strawberry are a true love match.
editor’s Note
This recipe was developed by Julia Levi; Hydenot was written by Laila Ibrahim.
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Jamie Strawberry
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1 pound ,454 Yes, Fresh or frozen strawberryHull and Quarter (about) 3 cup,
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3 spoon granulated sugar (About this 1 1/2 Ounce, 45 Yes,
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1 Tonge ,15 ml, Fresh lemon juice From 1 Lemon
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1 Tonge ,15 ml, St. German Lickeroptional
For Matka Syrup
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1/3 cup ,80 ml, tap water
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1/3 cup (About this 3 3/4 Ounce, 106 Yes, Honey
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1 1/2 spoon (About this 14 Yes) Without thinking -Samaj Matka Green Tea Powder
To fill the mascarpone
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4 Big Eggs
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1/2 cup granulated sugar ,3 1/2 Ounce, 100 Yes,
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1 cup ,240 ml, heavy whipping creamCold
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1 (8-inges) container Mascarpone cheese
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1 small spoon vanilla extract
For assembly
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7 Ounce Ladyfingers (About this 24 Cookies,
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Matka Matka Green Tea PowderFor dust
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Jamie Strawberry
In a medium saucepan, mix strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Bring a boil and cook on medium heat, ever stirring, until the strawberry is softened and the mixture is thick, 15 to 20 minutes. If using, remove from heat and stir in St. German. Transfer to a shallow dish and allow the room temperature to cool, about 20 minutes.
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For Matka Syrup
In a small saucepan, mix water, honey and matka. To bring a boil on medium heat, sometimes stirring, until the honey dissolves. Remove from the heat, move into a large shallow dish, and set separately to cool the room temperature for about 20 minutes.
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To fill the mascarpone
While strawberries and matka cool, with a hand mixer in a large bowl, or with whisk attachment, in a bowl of a stand mixer, beat the egg yolk and sugar at high speed until yellow yellow and quantity, about 4 minutes. (If using a stand mixer, transfer the whipped egg yolk in a separate bowl and clean the stand mixer bowl before proceeding.)
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In a clean bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a hand mixer, or in a clean bowl of stands fitted with whisk attachments, as soft peaks, defeating the cream at medium-high speed, about 2 minutes. Add mascarpone and vanilla to cream; Defeated at moderate speeds to soft and bilovi, about 20 seconds. Slowly bend the muscarpon mixture in the egg yolk mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
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To assemble Tiriasu
Working with 1 ladyfinger at a time, submerge 12 ladifingers into the syrup, allowing each one to sit in the syrup until the soaked but not separated, about 5 seconds per side. Immediately move each ladyfinger into an 8 -inch square baking pan, arrange them into the same layer, press together or fit the ladyfingers very neatly to trimming. Half the top of the top jammy strawberries (about 1/2 cup), and using a flexible or offset spatula, spread into a uniform layer. The top strawberries with half of the mescarpon filling (about 2 cups), and using a flexible or offset spatula spread to a similar layer. Repeat the layering once again with the remaining ladyfingers, jammy strawberries and muscarpon filling. Cover with plastic rap laxly and cold for at least 8 hours or 3 days; Serve cold.
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When ready to serve, using a fine-stretch, light dust with extra matka powder. Cut into squares and serve.
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equipment
Small saucepan, hand mixer or stand mixer, 8-inch square baking pan, flexible or offset spatula, fine-rate sieve
Make-forward and storage
Strawberry Matka Tiramisu can be made up to 3 days ago. It is best to not cool strawberries and syrup before assembled, as the mixture will become too thick.