Italy has lost the ‘father’ of tiramisu. Roberto Linguanotto, the inventor of the most famous Italian dessert, died on Sunday at the age of 81 in his birthplace Treviso. He had been ill for a long time, Italian media reported.
“Thanks to Linguanotto, tiramisu has become a dessert of international allure,” said the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, in tribute to Linguanotto on X (formerly Twitter).
From Italy to the whole world
The word ‘Tiramisu’ means ‘pull me up’ in German. The name was first used in 1970 in Linguanotto’s restaurant Le Beccherie in Treviso. From there, the name quickly spread around the world.
The dessert was born from an accident
Legend has it that when the young chef Linguanotto was making vanilla ice cream, a spoonful of mascarpone fell into the bowl containing a mixture of eggs and sugar that had already been beaten. When Linguanotto took the spoon out and licked it, he was so impressed by the taste that he developed his own dessert together with chef Alba di Pillo.
Video: Here Roberto Linguanotto shows how tiramisus is made
When Alba di Pillo’s husband Ado Campeol died on October 30, 2021 at the age of 93, he was mourned throughout Italy as the “father of tiramisu”, although its invention was probably mainly due to his wife and the chef Linguanotto.
Tiramisu consists of alternating layers of ladyfingers and a cream made of mascarpone, sugar and eggs. The ladyfingers are sprinkled with cold espresso, flavoured with Marsala or Amaretto. The dessert is placed in layers and then left in the fridge for a few hours to harden. Before serving, the top of the cream layer is generously sprinkled with cocoa powder.
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