Guardrail Tiramisu
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TypeDessert
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 12, 2026
Comfort tiramisu with slanted ladyfingers as bus and guardrail: warm solace in a dish after disaster.
A comforting tiramisu in a large dish, with ladyfingers arranged slanted and partly toppled like a bus against a guardrail. The presentation subtly nods to the accident, but mainly offers warmth and solace after a disaster.
Ingredients
- 250 g mascarpone
- 3 eggs
- 100 g fine granulated sugar
- 200 ml strong coffee, cooled
- 4 tablespoons amaretto (optional)
- 200 g ladyfingers
- Cocoa powder, for dusting
Method
- Separate the eggs. Beat the yolks with the sugar until light yellow and creamy.
- Stir in the mascarpone until smooth.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the mascarpone mixture.
- Mix the coffee with the amaretto in a deep plate.
- Briefly dip half the ladyfingers in the coffee mixture and place them upright and slanted against one long side of a rectangular dish, forming a guardrail.
- Dip the rest of the ladyfingers and lay them at an angle, partly toppled and partly flat, to resemble a bus tipped against the guardrail.
- Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers.
- Repeat with a second layer of ladyfingers and mascarpone, repeating the bus-guardrail silhouette.
- Let set in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- Dust generously with cocoa powder just before serving.
Serving notes
- Serve in the dish, so everyone can scoop a piece of bus and guardrail.
- Use a spatula to keep the silhouette intact when serving.