The orange Pandoro tiramisu is a different way to enjoy and present this traditional and delicious Christmas dessert to our guests. The cream that enriches the pandoro is made with simple ingredients, such as fresh cream, coffee, and orange zest, giving our unusual tiramisu a unique flavor and aroma, perfect for delighting our guests. This suggestion is ideal for using up leftovers of both pandoro and panettone. The tiramisu in the photos consists of three layers.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 6 Hours
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6/8
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: New Year's Eve, Christmas
Ingredients
- 1/2 Pandoro
- 1 cup Fresh liquid cream
- 1 Orange
- to taste Unsweetened cocoa powder
- to taste Rum
- to taste Pandoro crumbs
- to taste Chopped dark chocolate
- 1 espresso cup Cold coffee (Even decaffeinated)
Preparation
Prepare a rectangular or oval pan of 12×8 inches.
Grate all the peel of one orange (only the outer orange part) and add it to the fresh cream and start whipping it.
As soon as the cream starts to thicken, add the powdered sugar and continue whipping until you get a firm and fluffy mixture.
Cut the half pandoro into long slices, about a finger thick. Set aside a small slice that we’ll crumble.
Place a first layer of pandoro slices in the pan, brush them with very little cold coffee, fill with some of the whipped cream, a bit of chopped dark chocolate, and sprinkle with some unsweetened cocoa.
Continue to assemble, wet, and fill the other layers until all the ingredients are used up. Do not soak the pandoro slices too much, as they might become mushy.
If we placed the slices horizontally in the first layer, we will place them vertically in the second layer, and so on, just like for the traditional tiramisu.
Finally, decorate our dessert with pandoro crumbs, unsweetened cocoa, and orange zest.
Cover perfectly our orange pandoro tiramisu, or put it in a cake carrier and let it soak in the fridge for at least half a day; during this time, the pandoro slices will absorb the scents, flavors, and moisture from the cream, for a perfect and delicious result.
The extra idea. If we don’t want to use coffee for soaking the pandoro slices, we can use freshly squeezed orange juice. I prepared two versions of this dessert, one without coffee but with orange juice, for a guest who doesn’t like coffee at all.
If the orange pandoro tiramisu is not intended for children, we can add a generous teaspoon of rum to the coffee (or orange juice) for soaking. It will become even more fragrant and delicious. Furthermore, we can replace the pandoro crumbs with coarsely crumbled amaretti.
