In a classic tiramisu, you cook a homemade custard, tempering egg yolk mixture in a double boiler. Instant pudding mix makes this one quick and easy. Of course, tiramisu uses coffee as its primary flavor, and the cookies are soaked in espresso. This version skips the coffee, and uses lemon as its star flavor. The creaminess of the mascarpone is still there. Below, you'll see the substitutions you can make to create your own Zero Waste Dessert.
Add the pudding mix, milk, lemon zest, 2 ounces vodka and cheese to a large mixing bowl. Mix until combined and creamy.
Combine juice from lemon and 4 ounces lemon vodka in small bowl. Soak ladyfingers, one at a time, as you assemble the dessert. You’ll make 3 layers of soaked ladyfingers and cream, ending with cream.
Add the first layer of soaked ladyfingers to bottom of a 3-quart baking dish, spread 1/3 of cream gently over this layer, add another layer of soaked ladyfingers and cream. Repeat, ending with cream.
Mix powdered sugar and cocoa together in a small bowl. Using a fine strainer, sift the sugar mixture lightly over the top. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight before serving.
Notes
This type of dessert truly works well for zero waste cooking because you can mix this up using more or less cream cheese, and making a larger or smaller dessert. You can also use leftover pound cake or angel food cake, cut into cubes, in place of ladyfingers. If you have ripe berries, you can definitely put them into a layer. Enjoy!