Description
Silky Italian pumpkin tiramisu blends autumn’s warmth with classic dessert elegance. Rich layers of mascarpone, espresso-soaked ladyfingers, and spiced pumpkin cream promise a delightful seasonal indulgence you’ll savor to the last creamy bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 24–30 ladyfinger cookies
- 8 ounces (226 grams) mascarpone cheese, softened
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) pumpkin puree
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) brewed espresso or strong coffee, cooled
Sweeteners and Spices:
- 1/2 cup (100 grams) brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Additional Flavorings:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur (optional)
- Cocoa powder (for dusting)
Instructions
- In a mixing vessel, amalgamate pumpkin puree with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger until thoroughly integrated.
- Using an electric mixer, whip mascarpone cheese, heavy cream, and vanilla extract until achieving a silky, aerated consistency.
- Delicately incorporate the pumpkin blend into the mascarpone mixture, ensuring minimal deflation of the whipped texture.
- Prepare a coffee infusion by blending cooled espresso with coffee liqueur in a shallow rectangular container.
- Swiftly immerse each ladyfinger into the coffee mixture, ensuring minimal saturation, then arrange in a uniform layer within a serving vessel.
- Generously distribute half of the pumpkin-mascarpone cream across the ladyfinger foundation, creating an even coverage.
- Create a secondary layer of coffee-dipped ladyfingers, then crown with the remaining pumpkin cream mixture.
- Seal the dessert and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight, allowing flavors to meld and texture to set.
- Immediately prior to serving, delicately sift cocoa powder across the surface for an elegant, sophisticated finish.
Notes
- Swap out ladyfingers for gluten-free alternatives like almond flour cookies to make the dessert celiac-friendly.
- Add a splash of rum or bourbon to the coffee mixture for deeper, more complex flavor dimensions.
- Ensure mascarpone and heavy cream are cold before whipping to achieve maximum volume and stability.
- Quickly dip ladyfingers to prevent them from becoming soggy and maintaining ideal texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts
- Method: None
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 275 kcal
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg