Dirty Chai Tiramisu - cooking recipe

Ingredients

To make Dirty Chai
2 cups water
2 chai tea teabags
8 cloves
4 cardamom pods
4 slices ginger
1 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons espresso powder
For Tiramisu
16 ounces mascarpone cheese
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
4 tablespoons sugar
7 ounces ladyfingers
2 -3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Preparation

To Make Dirty Chai: place chai tea bags, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, star anise, brown sugar, and espresso powder into a pot of water; bring to a boil and steep.
To Make Cream Filling: in a bowl whisk heavy cream and until they become soft peaks.
Add mascarpone cheese, mix more.
To Build Tiramisu: Strain the dirty chai mixture.
Dip and soak lady fingers in the mixture.
Line the bottom of a serving bowl (trifle bowl is recommended) with the lady fingers.
Add a layer of the whipped cream/mascarpone mixture.
Add another layer of dirty chai-soaked lady fingers.
Add a 2nd layer of the whipped cream/mascarpone mixture.
Add a 3rd layer of dirty chai-soaked lady fingers.
Pipe the remaining whipped cream/mascarpone mixture on the top.
Sift with cocoa powder.