Tiramisu
提拉米苏

Tiramisu (an Italian word meaning “pick me up”) is a popular coffee-flavored Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa. Modern versions have as a rule the addition of whipped cream or whipped egg combined with mascarpone cream, in order to make it lighter, thick and foamy. The cake is usually eaten cold. Over time, replacing some of the ingredients, mainly coffee, there arose numerous variants such as tiramisu with chocolate, amaretto, berry, lemon, strawberry, pineapple, yogurt, banana, raspberry, coconut, and even beer.
提拉米苏(源自意大利语，意思是“带我走”)是一种咖啡味的意大利流行甜点。将鸡蛋、白糖、马斯卡彭干酪混合在一起搅拌浓稠，浇在已经蘸过咖啡的手指饼干表面，再加入可可调味，提拉米苏就做成了。现代版的配方里会添加打发的生奶油或生鸡蛋配以马斯卡彭奶油，目的是让它更轻、更稠，有更多泡沫。这种蛋糕通常吃冷的。随着时间推移，一些原料(主要是咖啡)被越来越多的东西所代替，诸如巧克力、意大利杏仁酒、浆果、柠檬、草莓、菠萝、酸奶、香蕉、覆盆子、椰果，甚至还有啤酒，这样提拉米苏的衍生产品也越来越丰富。

Among many stories behind Tiramisu, one is the most romantic. An Italian soldier was leaving for the battleground. His family was so poor that his wife had to use all the bread and biscuits they had to make a dessert for the husband. The dessert was called “Tiramisu”. Whenever the soldier ate this food he would think of his family and his love. “Tiramisu” means “picking me up”. When you enjoy it, you will pick up not only the taste, but also love and happiness. Another popular belief is that the name originates from its inventor, the confectioner Roberto Linguanotto. In honor of his god-daughter's culinary skills he named the today world-famous dessert after her maiden name, Tiramisu.
关于提拉米苏流传过许许多多不同的故事，最浪漫的说法是：一名意大利士兵即将开赴战场，可是家里一贫如洗，他的妻子为了给他准备干粮，把家里所有能吃的饼干、面包全做进了一份糕点里，那款糕点就叫提拉米苏。每当士兵在战场上吃到提拉米苏时，就会想起他的家，想起他心爱的人。提拉米苏在意大利语中的意思是“带我走”——带走的不只是美味，还有爱和幸福。还有一种说法是：提拉米苏的名字来源于它的创造者——糖果商罗伯特图。为了纪念其教女高超的厨艺，他将这种如今风靡世界的甜点以她的娘家姓“提拉米苏”命名。