• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

A recipe blog by a Chilean living in the USA

  • Chilean
    • Chilean Appetizers & Beverages
    • Chilean Breads
    • Chilean Breakfast
    • Chilean Cakes & Bakes
    • Chilean Cookies & Candy
    • Chilean Desserts
    • Chilean Jams & Jellies
    • Chilean Meat
    • Chilean Once
    • Chilean Pasta, Rice & Potatoes
    • Chilean Poultry
    • Chilean Salads
    • Chilean Sandwich
    • Chilean Seafood
    • Chilean Soups & Starters
    • Chilean Vegetables
  • Other Cuisines
    • Argentinian Food
    • Peruvian Food
    • US American food
    • Mexican food
    • Latin American Food
  • Savory
    • Breakfast
      • Eggs
    • Appetizers
      • Cocktails
    • Entrees
      • Beef
      • Empanadas (EN)
      • Chicken
      • Fish
      • Pork
      • Shellfish
        • Langostino Recipes
    • Side dishes
      • Pasta
      • Rice
      • Potatoes
    • Vegetables
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches (en)
    • Soups
    • Breads
  • Sweet
    • Cakes & Bakes
    • Kuchen
    • Candy
    • Chocolate
    • Cookies
    • Cupcakes
    • Desserts
      • Lucuma Recipes
    • Jam, Frosting & Jellies
    • Pies
    • Sweet bread
  • Gardening
  • Español

Lucuma Tiramisu

December 1, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez
Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Versión en español

Lucuma Tiramisu

I love being able to travel back in time with the blog. This weekend we invited some friends over for dinner, and I wanted to make this Lucuma tiramisu to accompany the ají de gallina that I served for dinner. And now, five years later, it was no different—a creamy and delicious dessert.
When I was in Chile, we went to eat at Astrid y Gastón restaurant, and I chose a lucuma trilogy for dessert that included a lucuma tiramisu. This is my version, and I think it turned out very tasty and different.

What is Lucuma?

Lucuma is a fruit native to the Andean valleys of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador. It is also known as “eggfruit” due to its yellow-orange color on the inside and custard-like texture. A nutrient-rich fruit has been a staple in Andean diets for thousands of years.
Lucuma has a sweet, mild flavor often described as a combination of maple, caramel, dulce de leche, and sweet potato. It is used in various dishes, such as ice cream, smoothies, cakes, and pies.

Lucuma powder, made from dehydrated and ground lucuma fruit, is also a popular ingredient in health food products and can be used as a natural sweetener.

You can find lucuma powder online or at Whole Foods and health stores in the USA. And Goya also stocked frozen Lucuma pulp in Latin supermarkets.

Other recipes with Lucuma:

  • Lucuma Meringue Cake
  • Chilean Lucuma Dessert
  • Lucuma Flan
  • Lucuma Tres Leches
  • Lucuma Macarons
  • Lucuma Ice Cream
Print
clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag iconfolder folder iconinstagram instagram iconpinterest pinterest iconfacebook facebook iconprint print iconsquares squares iconheart heart iconheart solid heart solid icon
Lucuma Tiramisu

Lucuma Tiramisu

Print Recipe
Pin Recipe

A delicious dessert.

  • Total Time: 6 hours
  • Yield: 8

Ingredients

  • 2 packages of ladyfingers cookies (about 24 cookies)
  • 225 grams of Philadelphia cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 cups Lucuma puree (I used a whole pot from the Guayarauco) OR 1/2 cup Lucuma powder and 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup espresso coffee
  • cocoa powder

Instructions

  1. Beat the cream cheese with the mixer at low speed until it is creamy. Add the lucuma puree or the lucuma powder and powdered sugar, mix well, then add the cream and continue beating at high speed for three more minutes until it is creamy and light.
    Lucuma cream.
  2. Prepare espresso coffee or instant coffee, 1 cup or so, and let cool.
  3. Assemble the tiramisu in a medium rectangular dish or trifle. Put a layer of cookies on the base, take each ladyfinger, and wet it with coffee on both sides. Don’t submerge the cookie. Only dip 1 second on each side, or it will break.
    Layer of ladyfingers in a trifle.
  4. Then layer half of the lucuma cream, use half, another layer of cookies, final layer of lucuma cream, sprinkle with cocoa, and refrigerate 6 hours or ideally overnight before serving.
    Lucuma Tiramisu Lucuma Tiramisu

Notes

Traditionally tiramisu is made with mascarpone cheese, but I found that using lucuma puree was not worth the expense as the prominent flavor is lucuma. And it is delicious.

  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 30 minutos
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Refrigerator
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Keywords: Lucuma tiramisu

Did you make this recipe?

Tag @chileanfoodandgarden on Instagram and hashtag it #chileanfoodandgarden

Sharing is caring!


The Chilean Kitchen*




 

If you enjoyed this recipe, you would also enjoy my cookbook* featuring 75 Chilean recipes for all seasons. It is lovingly written and scrumptiously photographed, and you’ll delight in the best Chilean cuisine offers, with easy-to-follow recipes tailored to American ingredients and grocery stores.

* Amazon affiliate links

Category: Chilean Desserts, Chilean recipes, Peruvian Food

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe rating ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

Sidebar

Hello, I’m Pilar

Hello! I'm Pilar Hernandez, a Latina mom, cookbook author, and urban farmer. I'm currently based in Seattle, WA. I was born and raised in Chile. I went to medical school there and then moved to …

Buy The Chilean Kitchen Here! (affiliated link)

Cover The Chilean Kitchen

Popular Recipes

Learn more about Chilean Food

Tortilla de Rescoldo Chilean Food

Chilean Bread

Torta Mil hojas

Chilean Cakes & Bakes

Manzana rallada Chilean Food

Chilean Desserts

Once chilena

Chilean Once

Asado Chilean Food

Chilean Meat

Chacarero Chilean sandwich

Chilean Sandwiches

Locos con Mayo Chilean food

Chilean Seafood

Chilean food

Chilean recipes

About Pilar

Instagram

Privacy

Facebook

Licensing

Copyright © 2023 · Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden · All Rights Reserved