---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 
      Title: Tiramisu Parfaits
 Categories: Desserts, Italian
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lg Egg whites
      1 pn Cream of tartar
    2/3 c  Sugar
    1/2 lb Mascarpone cheese
      2 tb Dark rum
      2 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
           - good quality,
           - chopped fine
      1 c  Butter cookies; crumbs -OR-
      1 c  Pound cake crumbs
      1 c  Coffee; brewed, lukewarm

----------------------------------GARNISH----------------------------------
      2 oz Bittersweet chocolate;
           - chop fine
 
  Put the egg whites in a bowl of an electric mixer and put the bowl
  in a 2nd bowl of hot water and let the whites stand, stirring
  occasionally, for 15 minutes.
  
  Add the cream of tartar and salt and bet the whites until they just
  hold stiff peaks. While the whites are being beaten, in a saucepan
  combine the sugar and 1/4 cup of water. Bring the mixture to a
  boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and boil the syrup until it
  registers 240°F on a candy thermometer. Add the sugar syrup to the
  whites in a stream, slowly, while beating and beat the mixture
  until it is cool. Add the mascarpone, rum, and chocolate, and beat
  until well combined. Divide the cookie or cake crumbs among
  4 stemmed glasses. Drizzle each portion with 2 tb coffee and top
  the crumbs with half the mascarpone mixture. Layer the remaining
  cookie crumbs, coffee, and mascarpone mixture in the same manner.
  Chill the parfaits, covered for a minimum of 2 hours, or
  overnight.
  
  Garnish:

  In a metal bowl, set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt the
  chocolate. Line a baking sheet with foil and spread the chocolate
  about 1/8" thick on the foil. Chill the chocolate triangles on the
  baking sheet until it is just set, but not hard, and with a pastry
  wheel, cut it into triangles. Chill the chocolate triangles on the
  baking sheet until they have hardened and peel the foil carefully
  from them. Garnish each parfait with a chocolate triangle.
 
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