The birthplace of a humble yet delicious dessert is hosting a World Cup event to find the best Tiramisù on earth.
And the best part? Anyone can enter, with one exception: no professionals.
So you won’t be going up against the likes of Nigella Lawson or Amaury Guichon.
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The event takes place in Treviso, Italy, which is where the tasty coffee-based dish was originally invented, as reported by What’s The Jam.
There are two categories: ‘Original recipe’ or ‘Creative recipe.’
To win the original, competitors must strictly adhere to the classic Tiramisù recipe with all ingredients provided by the organiser.
This includes ladyfingers, mascarpone cheese, eggs (yolk is compulsory and, at the competitor’s choice, the egg white), coffee, cocoa powder and white sugar.
The creative category allows for more freedom with ingredient choices.
“It is possible to use the Ladyfingers or other biscuits or sponge cake as a base for the Tiramisù, brown sugar or other sweeteners instead of white sugar, and a maximum of 3 ingredients may be added, at the Competitor’s discretion and expense,” said the World Cup organisers.
To go for the titles, you must first advance through the selection stage, before advancing into the semi-finals and ultimately go for the win in the finals.
Every Tiramisù judged will be ranked on five different criteria, each getting a score from 1 to 10 to decide which layered dessert is best.
Judges will look at technical execution, aesthetic appearance, taste intensity, dish equilibrium and finally flavour and harmony.
Although the original competitor tickets have sold out, there’s still a chance to join in.
Dessert-making hopefuls can purchase an ‘Overmisu’ ticket for £12.19 (€14).
This will see them added to a list of reserves.
If a regular contestant doesn’t show, then the reserves have a chance to take their place and compete.
The competition is held later between 10-12 October.
The 100 judges were carefully selected.
Organisers invited anyone to apply to become one but those who were interested had to take an online test to prove their knowledge.
This consisted of 15 questions on the competition’s rules.
But the ‘position’ is unpaid and judges have to pay their own way to get to Treviso, if they are not local.
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