{"id":15153,"date":"2013-08-07T07:33:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T07:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.zdoeuih2-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=15153"},"modified":"2021-03-11T07:24:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:24:58","slug":"classic-tiramisu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/classic-tiramisu\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Tiramisu- Without the Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"Tiramisu<\/strong>, the quintessential Sicilian dessert,<\/strong> and the ultimate party food.  Although I’m (half) Sicilian, I didn’t grow up with this dessert at family dinner tables very much. I’m not exactly sure why, but it took for me to travel to Italy and taste the real deal in order to get hooked on it, over and over again. Needless to say, it’s my most-requested recipe and is so variable (I also have a Strawberry Tiramisu recipe in my Summer Ramadan Cooking cookbook<\/a>).<\/em>\n\n\"Tiramisu<\/a>\n\nThe authentic or traditional recipe is made with amaretto liqueur and I’ve also seen it being served with rum on occasion. Obviously, those are not Halal ingredients, so I’ve come up with some alternatives to that. But the special ingredient is really the savoiardi<\/em><\/a>, or lady finger cookies. You can find them at most Italian grocers and many international supermarkets in the ‘ethnic’ aisle, cookie aisle or Italian foods aisle. I see them everywhere in Chicagoland supermarkets. Of course at the moment the best thing to do if you’re not going out to the markets much is to order it online here<\/a>. \n\n\"savoairdi<\/a>\n\nBecause, umm…I guess they’re shaped like long a long and elegant ‘lady finger’?\n\n\"savoiardi<\/a>\n\nAnd after soaking them in some really strong Italian coffee<\/a>, they look a bit like this:\n\n\"making<\/a>\n\nTo see how I make my Italian coffee<\/a> in a traditional Mokka pot<\/a>, watch this:\n\n