Ainsley Harriott served up a delicious Bahama Mamma (Pick-Me-Up) tiramisu with Caribbean rum cake on Ainsley’s taste Of The Bahamas.
the ingredients are: 2 medium ripe mangoes or 1 large mango, peeled, destoned, 175g fresh pineapple, finely diced (or from a tin, patted dry), 1 lime, zest and a little juice, 1-2 tsp honey (optional), 3 tbsp fresh pineapple juice (or reserved juice from the tin), 2-3 tbsp coffee liqueur (Kahlua) or cold espresso coffee, 2 large fresh eggs, separated, 50g caster sugar, 250g mascarpone, 1 tbsp coconut rum (optional), zest of 1 orange, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 200ml double cream and 250g Caribbean rum cake, cut into chunks, depending on the size of your serving glasses.
To decorate: fresh nutmeg, for grating (or ground nutmeg), 2 tbsp toasted shredded/desiccated coconut and Maraschino cherries & slices of pineapple (optional).
See recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen available from Amazon now.
