Ingredients
- 8 tbs Instant coffee
- 300ml Brandy
- 250g Savoiardi biscuits (or lady fingers)
- 2 Eggs. separated
- 75g Icing sugar
- 500g Marscapone
- 25g Cocoa powder
- 100g Caster sugar
Accompaniment
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Method
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Dissolve the instant coffee in 225ml hot water. Mix with the Brandy and caster sugar.
Lay the biscuits in the coffee mix until they are almost soaked.
Mix the icing sugar and egg yolks with the marscapone. Beat the egg whites to soft peaks and then fold into the marscapone.
Arrange a layer of biscuits in a 35cm x 24cm dish cover with half the marscapone mix. Shake over some cocoa. Lay another layer of biscuits on top and cover with the remainder of the marscapone.
Dust with cocoa powder and leave to chill for a minimum of 2 hours.
So Joan?........how did the third try go?