"English Soup" (Zuppa Inglese)

Name: "English Soup" (Zuppa Inglese)
Ingredients: 8 ounces best-quality store-bought crisp ladyfingers (about 26 cookies); 1/2 cup Italian dessert wine, preferably vin santo; Pastry Cream (Crema Pasticcera); Chocolate Sauce (Salsa Di Cioccolato)

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Zuppa inglesemeans "English soup," a reference to its triflelike appearance.But the dessert (dolce) is actually a Tuscan classic, made withlayered pastry cream, chocolate sauce, and wine-soakedladyfingers.

Martha Stewart Living, July 2005

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Ingredients

8 ounces best-quality store-bought crisp ladyfingers (about 26 cookies)
1/2 cup Italian dessert wine, preferably vin santo
Pastry Cream (Crema Pasticcera)
Chocolate Sauce (Salsa Di Cioccolato)

Directions

Step 1
Arrange half the ladyfingers in the bottom of an 8-inch square serving dish. Drizzle with half the wine. Spread 1 1/2 cups pastry cream on top. Drizzle 1/2 cup chocolate sauce over cream. Repeat, adding another layer each of ladyfingers, wine, pastry cream, and chocolate sauce. Refrigerate, covered, 1 to 4 hours.

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Cook's Notes

This recipe can be doubled or tripled.

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