Pandoro tiramisu with orange is a different way to enjoy and offer our guests this traditional and delicious Christmas dessert. The cream that enriches the pandoro is made with simple ingredients, such as fresh cream, coffee, and orange zest, which give our unusual tiramisu a unique flavor and aroma, perfect to delight our guests. This suggestion is ideal to use up leftover pandoro and panettone. The tiramisu in the photos is composed of three layers.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Rest time: 6 Hours
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6/8
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: New Year, 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 coffee cup Cold coffee (Also decaffeinated)
Preparation
Prepare a rectangular or oval pan of 12×8 inches.
Grate the entire 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 begins to thicken, add the powdered sugar and continue whipping until a firm and fluffy mixture is obtained.
Cut the half pandoro into long slices, about a finger’s width thick. Set aside a small slice that will be crumbled.
Place a first layer of pandoro slices in the pan, brush them with a little cold coffee, fill with some whipped cream, a bit of dark chocolate bits, and sprinkle with some unsweetened cocoa.
Continue to layer, soak, and fill the other layers until all ingredients are used. Do not soak the pandoro slices too much, as they may become mushy.
If the first layer slices were placed horizontally, the slices of the second layer should be placed vertically, and so on, just like traditional tiramisu.
Finally, decorate our dessert with pandoro crumbs, unsweetened cocoa, and orange zest.
Cover our pandoro tiramisu with orange perfectly; or place it in a cake container and let it marinate in the fridge for at least half a day; during this time, the pandoro slices will absorb the flavors, aromas, and moisture from the cream for a perfect and delicious result.
The extra idea. If we don’t want to use coffee to soak the pandoro slices, we can use freshly squeezed orange juice. I made two versions of this dessert, one without coffee but with orange juice for a guest who does not like coffee at all.
If the pandoro tiramisu with orange is not intended for children, we can add a generous teaspoon of rum to the soaking coffee (or orange juice). It will become even more fragrant and delicious. Also, we can replace the pandoro crumbs with coarsely crumbled amaretti.
