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Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 5 Egg Yolks
  • 1/2 Cup Marsala Wine
  • 1/3 Cup Sugar
  • Whipped Topping
  • 1 Package Lady Finger Cookies
  • 2 Cup Brewed Coffee Cooled
  • Coffee Liqueur Optional
  • Cocoa Powder For Dusting

Instructions
 

  • Set a heatproof bowl over a pot of gently simmering water — medium heat. Combine the egg yolks, Marsala wine, and sugar in the bowl and whisk continuously. This part takes patience: about 10 minutes of steady whisking until the mixture reaches "ribbon stage," meaning it falls off the whisk in a thick ribbon rather than dripping. Don't walk away from it. Remove from heat once it gets there and set aside to cool slightly.
  • While the Zabaglione is cooling, brew about 2 cups of coffee. :et this cool so it is not scalding. If you want to make this into a grown up version, add a splash of coffee liqueur to the cooled coffee.
  • In 4 glasses or containers, begin to build the layers. Start with a spoonful of zabaglione on the bottom. Quickly dip each ladyfinger in the coffee — quickly is the key word, they turn to mush fast — and layer about 2 per glass on top of the zabaglione. Don't stress about breaking them to make them fit; nobody's grading you on ladyfinger geometry.
    Repeat: more zabaglione, more soaked ladyfingers, until the glass is full.
  • Finish each glass with 1–2 tablespoons of whipped topping. This is the swap doing the most visible work — it's a noticeably lower saturated fat option than homemade whipped cream, which makes it a little more heart-friendly without asking you to give up the texture that makes tiramisu tiramisu.
  • Sprinkle generously with cocoa powder.
  • Let the glasses sit in the fridge for at least an hour before serving, longer if you can manage the wait, so the ladyfingers soften into the layers properly. Enjoy!