RICOTTA AND STRAWBERRIES TIRAMISU'

When my friend Mara invited me to partecipate to a cooking workshop at the
local school's Italian Club, I had to make up a recepe that would represent
the Italian flavour and could be easely prepared by children
without being baked.
I thought that ricotta together with "Savoiardi" biscuits and strawberries
(children love them)would do the trick.
The result looks like a Tiramisu', but it is a fake tiramisu' in the content
because doesn't contain eggs and coffee, the main ingredients to keep you
awake and energetic
("Tirami su" in Italian means "lift me up").

Ricotta and strawberries tiramisu'



Ingredients for 4 dessert bowls:

8 TBS of ricotta cheese
6 TBS white sugar
1 grated lemon peel
1 lemon juice
8 TBS of sliced strawberries
8 "Savoiardi" biscuits (Lady fingers)
2 TBS water (or liquor for adults)
8 mint leaves

Wash strawberries and slice them in small pieces.
Put them in a bowl and sprinkle them with 2 TBS of sugar and the lemon juice.
Mix well and let them rest in the fridge for half an hour or more.

Put biscuits in a plastic bag and crash them.

Mix ricotta with 4 TBS of sugar to obtain a smooth cream.

Strain strawberries to collect the juice in a bowl.
Add water and mix.

Put 2 TBS of crashed biscuits at the bottom of a bowl and mix with 1 TBS of
strawberries juice.
Tap it down with a spoon to form a firm layer.
Add on top 2 TBS of ricotta to form a second layer.
End with 2 TBS of strawberries.
Decorate each bowl with a mint leaf, so to have the Italian flags colours
(red, white and green).

Enjoy it!