Who and when invented the tiramisu dessert?
Tiramisu, one of the most known and loved desserts of Italian cuisine, is a dessert with many different rumors due to its popularity. Although it is still the subject of debate when and by whom it was first made, the most told story about it is as follows:
In the 17th century, the Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de Medici, decides to visit the city of Siena. At that time, dessert was considered an important sign of wealth, which could be eaten by the nobles and beings, so the confectioners in the city of Siena immediately entered the race to prepare a special dessert to honor the duke. It is said that the duke, who is known to like to eat sweets like every noble, is careful to have sweets as an aphrodisiac due to his sexual problems. Based on this information, the confectioners prepare a dessert for the duke, which is prepared with very simple ingredients but is said to have a very strong aphrodisiac effect. When the Duke liked this dessert he ate very much during his visit, the recipe for the dessert began to circulate and suddenly became famous. Thanks to Cosimo III de Medici, Duke of Tuscany, who took the recipe of this dessert, which was called "Zuppa del Duca", that is, "Duke's Soup" at that time, and went to Florence, the dessert began to be known more. This dessert, which became more and more famous among the English intellectuals living in Florence at that time, soon became popular in England, and its name began to be called "tiramisu", which means "pull me up" in Italian.
However, there are many who think that this story is just a legend. It is said that the name "tiramisu" was first spoken in 1969 and entered the dictionary for the first time in the 1980s. According to this recent story, a pastry chef named Carminantonio Lannaccone immigrates to Milan and opens a restaurant called "Piedigrotta" in Treviso. In order to make his name known, he decides to prepare a dessert based on the daily flavors of the region and begins to experiment with combining coffee, creamy mascarpone, egg and cat tongue biscuits. After about 2 years of experimentation, he finally reaches the perfect taste he desires. He says he named it "tiramisu", which means "take me", inspired by the espresso he puts in it. After this special dessert he prepared attracted attention, Lannaccone said that important chefs of the period came to visit his place, and that the chefs started to prepare their own tiramisu with minor changes.
However, Roberto Linguanotto, another pastry chef who lived at the same time as Carminantonio Lannaccone, claims that he first prepared this dessert in 1967. You know, "Who made the first tiramisu?" The debate still continues today.
The first appearance of tiramisu in recipe books dates back to 1983. The tiramisu recipe in the book "Desserts of Veneto" by Giovanni Capnist I Dolci del Veneto has been recorded as the most classic tiramisu recipe known today.
This is the story of tiramisu, which we ate with pleasure and discovered together the different ways to prepare it at home in the most practical way.