Name: Christmas leftover tiramisu
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: About 20 Lebkuchen or gingerbread cookies; 100 ml espresso coffee; 2 Tbsp Amaretto; ½ jar good quality mincemeat; Cherries in brandy, Kirsh or in syrup; Dried cherries, sour cherries; Cocoa powder; For the cream:; 200 ml Mascarpone; 200 ml Double cream; 2 Tbsp Amaretto; Sugar to taste

Christmas leftover tiramisu

28 Dec 2023

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Total Time

10 minutes

Background

Christmas leftovers can be used for party food for New Year’s Eve - for example Panettone, cookies, mincemeat, puff pastry, compotes and so on. This Christmas leftover tiramisu is not only boozy but really delicious too! I made them with Lebkuchen sold by Lidl but similar gingerbread cookies would work too.

Ingredients

About 20 Lebkuchen or gingerbread cookies
100 ml espresso coffee
2 Tbsp Amaretto
½ jar good quality mincemeat
Cherries in brandy, Kirsh or in syrup
Dried cherries, sour cherries
Cocoa powder
For the cream:
200 ml Mascarpone
200 ml Double cream
2 Tbsp Amaretto
Sugar to taste

Instructions

Make the espresso and put it in a shallow dish. Add some Amaretto and let it cool.
Whip the Mascarpone, double cream, some sugar and Amaretto until you get a fluffy, light cream.
Cut the Lebkuchen cookies in half, horizontally, then soak them in the coffee for a couple of seconds on each side, then put them a shallow dish closely next to each other, creating an even layer.
Spread some mincemeat evenly on top of the cookies, then scatter some dried cherries or sour cherries and brandied cherries over it.
Now spread half of the cream on top.
Repeat the layering of the soaked cookies, then the mincemeat, then the dried fruits & brandied cherries, then the cream.
Cover with clingfilm and refrigerate until serving.
Just before serving, dust with cocoa powder, then cut it into slices and serve.