What does Tiramisu mean?

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Tiramisu is a cake, but what does the word Tiramisu mean?
I've heard lots of things, pick me up, take me away etc. What does it really mean? Thanks

Answer 1

Tiramisu is an Italian dessert typically made from Lady Fingers, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, eggs, cream, sugar, marsala wine, cocoa and rum. The Italian name tiramisù means "pick-me-up" (metaphorically, "cheer me up"), referring to the two caffeine-containing ingredients, espresso and cocoa.

The Lady Fingers are sprinkled with or briefly soaked in a mixture of the coffee, rum, and sugar. They are then layered with a mixture of mascarpone cheese and a custard made from egg yolks, marsala and sugar, known as zabaglione. Cocoa powder is then sprinkled on top.

The dessert has become one of the most popular types of dessert served in upscale restaurants of all types, not just Italian restaurants. The recipe has been adapted into cakes, puddings and other varieties of dessert. Other flavours are often used now in place of coffee, including strawberry, lemon or chocolate.

It was the sweet chosen to represent Italy in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.

History
There is some debate regarding the history of tiramisu. Some believe it was first created during the First World War. Women in northern Italy made these desserts for their men to take with them as they were being sent off to war, presumably to remind them of their love together, as the bitter-sweet taste of the dessert alludes to the perplexing feeling of love itself. Or more practically, they might have believed the high caffeine and energy content of these desserts give their men more energy to fight and help bring them home safely.

Another story regarding tiramisu dates back even further. It is said that during the Renaissance periods, Venetian women made these to be shared with their men during the late hours because they believed it would give them the energy to make more vigorous love later. A different take on this story is that Venetian prostitutes, living above cafés, would order this as a late night pick-me-up.

A less glamorous theory explains that the dessert was a way of salvaging old cake and coffee that had gone cold by using the leftover coffee and perhaps some liqueur to moisten the stale cake. The dish was greatly improved by layering it with cream or cream cheese.

Still others claim that the dessert is a recent invention, creating a trendy demand that will not last long. They point out that while the recipes and histories of other layered desserts are very similar, the first documented mention of tiramisu in a published work appears in an Italian cookbook. Backing up this story is that the author of the cookbook explained in an earlier article that tiramisu was created in 1971 (actually "10 years ago" in the article, which was written in 1981) in the restaurant Le Beccherie, and the owners of Le Beccherie do indeed claim they invented the recipe. The details of this story can be found here.
According to an article in the Baltimore Sun, "The unsung inventor of tiramisu" (10/8/2006) Carminantonio Iannaccone owned a bakery in Treviso, Italy, and his bakery supplied desserts to Le Beccherie. Carminantonio claims to have developed the recipe for tiramisu. He now owns a bakery in Baltimore, MD.

Tiramisu:

Ingredients:

serves 8
40 - 60 sticks of sponge cakes
500 g mascarpone
4 eggs
100 g icing sugar
1/8 l coffee
2 cl rum
cacao powder

Preperation of Tiramisu
Separate egg whites from egg yolks. Beat the whites stiffly, stir yolks and sugar together, mix in the mascarpone. Carefully fold in the beaten egg whites. Soak the sponge cake sticks in coffee blended with rum. Lay the sticks side by side in a pie shell, cover them with the mascarpone mixture, repeat 2 or 3 times, last layer should be mascarpone.
Refrigerate the tiramisu for 2 to 3 hours, sprinkle with cacao powder before serving.

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What does Tiramisu mean?
Tiramisu is a cake, but what does the word Tiramisu mean?
I've heard lots of things, pick me up, take me away etc. What does it really mean? Thanks

Answer 5

A light dessert of sponge cake or ladyfingers dipped in a coffee-liqueur mixture, then layered with mascarpone and grated chocolate.

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This is an Italian dessert/sweet made of layers of cake and soaked with coffee with alcohol, cheese and chocolate.

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The Italian name tiramisù means "pick-me-up" (metaphorically, "make me happy,"), referring to the two caffeine-containing ingredients, espresso and cocoa.

Answer 8

Literally, tirimi-su means "Pick me up" in Italian, but because of the sensations when you eat it, some people claim it means "Heaven in your mouth."

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Answer 10

The translation is literally "pick me up". My own theory, however, is that it means "stacked up" because it is assembled in layers.