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Definition of tiramisu
: a dessert made with ladyfingers, mascarpone, and espresso
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Recent Examples of tiramisu from the Web
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Select from an eight- or 12-course tasting menu and finish with Fanetti’s tiramisu with aquavit, a nod to New Nordic.
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Plantbar serves made-to-order and cold-pressed, bottled juices; smoothies and smoothie bowls; desserts such as whole pies and raw tiramisu; and juice cleanse and raw food meal plans.
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This results in unique, tasty flavors, such as kudzu chocolate stout and tiramisu.
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Tasty treats range from berries and milk, made with Carlsbad strawberries and Bavarian cream to tiramisu.
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The bakery’s treats range from the berries and milk made with Carlsbad strawberries and Bavarian cream to California’s staple, Tres Leches, to the elegant tiramisu.
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Desserts like tiramisu and chocolate lava cake veer toward old-school, but the deconstructed cannoli is a contemporary interpretation that aptly represents the successful direction the Busalacchis are going in with Barbusa.
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TrastavereDa EnzoThe creamy burrata and fluffy tiramisu are worth the half-hour wait.
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Downtown at Pazzo Ristorante, the bartender offers tips on eating tiramisu: begin with a sip of port, then a bite of the velvety dessert, followed by a sip of espresso.
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Origin and Etymology of tiramisu
Italian tiramisù, from tirami su!, literally, pull me up!
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