This strawberry tiramisu is one of the best desserts ever! Sweet ladyfingers layered with strawberries and a velvety mascarpone filling – so good!
Here's a simple strawberry tiramisu recipe. It's easy to make and incredibly delicious, the perfect dessert for strawberry season.
Strawberries! Strawberries! Who doesn't like strawberries, the symbol fruit of late spring and early summer, red, little, aromatic jewels?
Tiramisu is a dessert favorite around here. From a classic, luscious tiramisu to apple tiramisu or orange tiramisu. Or this amazing tiramisu cake. Or Tiramisu Cups.
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Recipe ingredients
Strawberries: Fresh, ripe, sweet and juicy ones.
Ladyfingers: The bought ones are perfectly fine. However, if you would like to make your own, here is a well-explained ladyfingers recipe (the link opens in a new tab).
Dairy: Mascarpone and heavy cream. Low-fat quark is very commonly used to make German desserts, but it can be replaced with lower-fat cream cheese, fromage frais, blended cottage cheese, or farmer's cheese.
Syrup: I often use elderflower syrup because I always have it in the pantry. However, strawberry syrup, raspberry, or any other syrup you have will be fine. You don't have to make your own syrup for the strawberry tiramisu recipe, the bought syrup is fine.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Make Strawberry Mascarpone Dessert or Strawberry and Cream Dessert with Meringue, too.
How to make strawberry tiramisu?
This is such an easy recipe, just a bit of stirring and layering of ingredients.
Strawberries: Blend 7 oz/ 200 g of the strawberries and refrigerate them. Chop the remaining strawberries into small cubes.
Filling: Beat the heavy cream until stiff. Mix mascarpone and quark in another bowl and carefully fold in the whipped cream. Add lemon juice to taste and fold in the chopped strawberries.
Assemble the dessert: Place half of the ladyfingers in a rectangular casserole dish. Pour half of the syrup over them. Spread ¼ of the pureed strawberries on top. Cover with half of the mascarpone mixture.
- Repeat one more time: ladyfingers + ¼ of the strawberry puree + mascarpone mixture.
Serve: Save the rest of the strawberry puree in the fridge, covered, until ready to serve. Spread it on top of the strawberry dessert just before serving.
Make in advance
You can definitely make the strawberry tiramisu in advance. Actually, you should do it the day before because it needs to be set in the refrigerator overnight.
Cover the assembled dessert with plastic foil/ cling film and refrigerate overnight.
Strawberry Tiramisu
Ingredients
- 1 lb strawberries 500 g
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar divided (or more to taste)
- 1 cup mascarpone 250 g
- 1½ cups low-fat quark 350 g, Note 1
- 1 cup heavy cream 250 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- juice of ½ lemon or more to taste
- 5.5 oz ladyfingers more or less as needed, 150 g
- 6 tablespoons syrup Note 2
- a few mint leaves or balm to decorate, optional
Instructions
- Prepare strawberries: Clean them. Blend 7 oz/ 200 g of them with 1 tablespoon sugar. Cover and refrigerate them. Chop the rest of the strawberries into small cubes and set aside.1 lb strawberries/ 450 g + 1 tablespoon sugar
- Beat the heavy cream until stiff and set it aside.1 cup heavy cream/ 250 g
- Mix mascarpone, quark, and remaining sugar (3 tablespoons). Fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture.1 cup mascarpone/ 250 g + 1½ cups low-fat quark/ 350 g + 3 tablespoon sugar
- Add the vanilla extract and lemon juice to taste. Fold in the chopped strawberries as well. Taste and add more sugar if desired; it also depends on how ripe and sweet the strawberries are.1 teaspoon vanilla extract + juice of ½ lemon
Assemble strawberry tiramisu
- Layer tiramisu: Place half of the ladyfingers in a rectangular casserole dish. Sprinkle the biscuits with half of the syrup. Spread ¼ of the pureed strawberries on top and add half of the mascarpone mixture.5.5 oz ladyfingers/ 150 g + 6 tablespoons syrup
- Repeat one more time with the rest of the ladyfingers, ¼ of the strawberry puree, and the remaining mascarpone mixture. Save the rest of the strawberry puree in the fridge, covered, until ready to serve.
- Chill tiramisu: Cover the strawberry tiramisu with plastic foil/ cling film and place in the fridge overnight.
- Serve: Spread the remaining strawberry puree on top just before serving. Decorate with a few mint or balm leaves, if desired.a few mint leaves
Notes
- Low-fat quark can be replaced with lower fat cream cheese, fromage frais, blended cottage or farmer's cheese.
- I use elderflower syrup because I always have it in the pantry, but strawberry or raspberry syrup would be great as well.
grace says
you're definitely doing justice to strawberries with all of your creations! this one may be my favorite--it's beautiful and full of delicious ingredients!
Anca says
It looks delicious. I've made a similar dessert with strawberries, it's just stunning.
Adina says
Thank you, Anca. Strawberries make anything great, isn't it?
Chris Scheuer says
It looks wonderful and so pretty! I can see why it disappeared!
Adina says
Thank you, Chris. 🙂
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I love to add seasonal fruits in this classic Italian dessert too. Yours look heavenly.
Adina says
Fruits make it fresher and more suitable for summer, I think.
Marvellina @ WhatToCookToday says
That looks magnificent. I have all the ingredients too. Enjoy your weekend Adina
Adina says
Thank you, Marvellina. I hope you got to make it and liked it. 🙂