Pistachio Cream Tiramisu

5 from 2 votes

A decadent and creamy classic Italian recipe with fresh espresso and homemade pistachio cream. This dessert is the perfect one to impress your friends and family.

Prep Time1 30

Cook Time15

Chilling time8

Total Time9 45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: people

Calories: 596kcal

Author: Vincent DelGiudice

Cost: $25

Equipment

9x13 glass baking dish
hand mixer

Ingredients

Pistachio Butter

¾ cup raw pistachios

Pistachio Mascarpone Cream

4 egg yolks
2 cups heavy cream
16 oz mascarpone
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Espresso

4 shots espresso
2 tablespoon disaronno
1 teaspoon vanilla
30 ladyfingers

Toppings

pistachio crumbs
cocoa powder
dark chocolate shavings

Instructions

Pistachio Mascarpone Cream

Place the pistachios in a food processor and process for 5 minutes until it becomes butter. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
In a large bowl, use a hand-held mixer beat mascarpone, pistachio butter, vanilla, and ½ cup of sugar until combined.
In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and the remaining ¼ cup of sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the yolks to the mascarpone mixture and fold until combined.
In another bowl, beat heavy cream until stiff peaks and fold into the mascarpone mixture.

Assembly

Combine 4 shots of espresso, Disaronno, and vanilla in a bowl. Dip ladyfingers into the coffee mixture and cover the bottom of the glass baking dish with ladyfingers.
Spread half of the pistachio cream onto the ladyfingers. Place another layer of espresso-dipped ladyfingers on top. Spread the rest of the cream on top.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 8 hours. When ready to serve, top with cocoa powder, pistachio crumbs, and chocolate shavings.

Notes

We make homemade ladyfingers for Tiramisu, but it saves so much time just to buy them. They absorb a lot more espresso when they are store-bought but I love the flavor of our homemade ones!
Pistachio butter is just blended pistachios. You just place pistachios in a food processor until they become a paste. It takes a long time, but if you run the food processor for long enough it eventually turns to paste.

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