Cranberry tiramisu- Easy Holiday dessert
If there is anything that says holidays, itโs cranberries. I love eating cranberry sauce with turkey but Iโve always wondered if I could use cranberries to make more dessert. Iโve made cranberry pie before but I want to do something slightly different.ย I love making tiramisu and I thought what happens if I made cranberry tiramisu? I decided to try it out and it was pretty delicious! I used both homemade cranberry sauce and pre-made cranberry sauce, both are delicious.
Tiramisu is a very versatile dessert and you can make into any flavour of your choice. Iโve made mango tiramisu before and itโs so good. The only thing you might have to do is dip the lady fingers into milk instead of coffee.
Some main ingredients:
- Lady fingers: if you are short on time, buy from grocery store. Most packages comes with about 24 lady fingers or you can buy a bigger pack if you are making a large one. If you want to challenge yourself, you can make from scratch. I love Preppy Kitchen recipe
- Mascarpone cheese: this is the key component of tiramisu. If you have time or can’t find it yourself, you can actually make this yourself. Check out two of these recipes for homemade mascarponse. Psst: it’s just heavy cream and fresh lemon juice.
- Cranberry sauce: you can either buy it or make it yourself. If you are buying premade cranberry sauce, get the whole berry not the jellied ones.
I also didn’t add any egg yolks which is traditionally in tiramisu. The eggs I get are not pasteurized and I’m not a huge fan of putting eggs into mascarpone mixture. If you want to add egg yolks, you can whip them while placing in a hot water bath of at least 57oC or 134oF. I also replaced coffee and coffee liqueur with milk because I don’t want coffee to overpower the cranberry sauce.
Ingredients
- 23-24 lady fingers
- 1 1/2 mascarpone cheese (350g)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 can of cranberry sauce or 5-6 cups of cranberry sauce.
- 1 1/2 cup heavy/whipping cream (375ml)
- 3/4 cup of milk
- Orange slices to decorate (optional)
Fits in 8 x8 inch dish or 16 x 4 inch long dish
Homemade Cranberry (purely optional)
- 340 g fresh or frozen cranberry (12 oz)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 fresh orange juice
How to make Cranberry Tiramisu
Homemade cranberry sauce (optional)
- Put in washed cranberry with sugar and juice of one orange into a pot
- Turn the heat to medium and let it cook slowly
- After 30 minutes, the cranberry should be soft and the juices should be reduced.
- Transfer into a container and let it cool to room temperature and then into the fridge for at least 4 hours or best overnight
Cranberry tiramisu
- In a bowl whip the heavy/whipping cream on high speed until stiff peaks (5-7 minutes)
- In a separate bowl, whip mascarpone and sugar together until smooth.
- Add in the whipping cream and whip together until combined (donโt overmix). Set aside
- Dip your lady fingers into milk and place into your dish
- Add cranberry sauce onto the lady fingers and use a brush to spread it evenly.
- Add in your mascarpone mixture on top, spread it evenly and make sure itโs flat.
- Repeat for a second time. Make sure to flatten the mascarpone mixture.
- Set in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight. Save the remaining cranberry sauce for topping later
- Add the left over cranberry sauce on top. Add some orange slices for topping.
- Cut and serve!
Pro-tip
- Taste the cranberry sauce and adjust sugar in your mascarpone sauce to prevent the tiramisu from being overly sweet.
- Make sure to whip the whipping cream to at least stiff peaks, it will really help to set the tiramisu since we are not using egg yolks in this recipe.
- If you want to make it easier, you can mark and proportion the tiramisu before adding on the cranberry sauce on top
- If you are using homemade mascarpone cheese, it will be slightly softer than using store bought.
Cranberry Tiramisu
Equipment
- 1 8 x 8 or 16 x 4 inch pan
Ingredients
- 23-24 lady fingers
- 1 ยฝ mascarpone 350g
- ยผ cup sugar
- 1ยฝ can of cranberry sauce or 4 cups of cranberry sauce.
- 1 ยฝ cup heavy/whipping cream 375ml
- ยพ cup milk
- Orange slices to decorate optional
Fresh cranberry sauce (Optional)
- 340 g fresh or frozen cranberry 12 oz
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 fresh orange juice
Instructions
Homemade cranberry sauce
- Put in washed cranberry with sugar and juice of one orange into a pot
- Turn the heat to medium and let it cook slowly
- After 20 minutes, the cranberry should be soft and the juices should be reduced.
- Transfer into a container and let it cool to room temperature and then into the fridge for at least 4 hours or best overnight
Cranberry Tiramisu
- In a bowl whip the heavy/whipping cream on high speed until stiff peaks (5-7 minutes)
- In a separate bowl, whip mascarpone and sugar together until smooth.
- Add in the whipping cream and whip together until combined (donโt overmix). Set aside
- Dip your lady fingers into milk and place into your dish
- Add cranberry sauce onto the lady fingers and use a brush to spread it evenly.
- Add in your mascarpone mixture on top, spread it evenly and make sure itโs flat.
- Repeat for a second time. Make sure to flatten the mascarpone mixture.
- Set in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight. Save the remaining cranberry sauce for topping later
- Add the left over cranberry sauce on top. Add some orange slices for topping.
- Cut and serve!
