Guest Author Debra H. Goldstein #dessert #Tiramisu #giveaway

VALERIE (V.M.) BURNS: Today, I'm thrilled to welcome Debra H. Goldstein author of the Sara Blair Mystery series to the Mystery Lovers' Kitchen, 

DEBRA H. GOLDSTEIN: When I sold the Sarah Blair mystery series to Kensington, I was told each book needed to contain recipes. I blanched. Sarah Blair, like me, finds being in the kitchen more frightening than murder.

Deciding that Sarah would only make recipes with pre-made or simple ingredients, I found a perfect recipe that was in all the women’s magazines in the mid-sixties: Jell-O in a Can. It was a recipe co-sponsored by Jell-O and Dole pineapple. All it required was Jell-O, water, and Dole pineapple rings. More importantly, the name of the recipe was fun and made readers laugh.

As the series continued, I included Sarah’s simple recipes, but I also incorporated slightly more complex ones attributed to her twin, Chef Emily, or to other culinary confident characters. Many of these recipes were provided, with permission, by friends and readers. My favorite recipe in the recently released Five Belles Too Many, Sal and Laurie’s Tiramisu, is no exception.

TIRAMISU

Ingredients:

3 egg yolks

7 tablespoons powdered sugar

2 tablespoons rum

Brew 4 cups strong coffee

500 gm mascarpone

2 packs lady fingers

½ of a large container of Cool Whip

Cocoa for sprinkling as topping/garnish

Directions:

Add 2 tablespoons of the sugar to the egg yolks and mix until the color of the mixture becomes whiteish. Add the mascarpone and mix for five minutes. Add the rum, remaining 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar, and the Cool Whip. Mix thoroughly.

Using the coffee completely cooled, dip the lady fingers in the coffee quickly, without soaking them. Layer them in a dish and cover them with the above cream mixture.

Dip more lady fingers into the coffee and layer them over the cream mixture. Apply another layer of cream. Sprinkle with cocoa and cool in the refrigerator.

READERS: For a chance to win a copy of Five Belles Too Many (U.S. only), tell me, Jell-O or Tiramisu, and why?

Five Belles Too Many

When Sarah Blair’s mother is a finalist to win the perfect Southern Wedding in a reality TV show competition, Sarah is pressed into service as Mother Maybelle’s chaperone. After the show’s producer is found dead, with Sarah’s greatest nemesis kneeling by the body, Sarah must find the true killer before any other contestants or crew are permanently eliminated.

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DEBRA H. GOLDSTEIN

Judge Debra H. Goldstein writes Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series (Four Cuts Too Many, Three Treats Too Many, Two Bites Too Many, and One Taste Too Many). Her short stories, which have been named Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer finalists, have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, Malice Domestic Murder Most Edible, Masthead, and Jukes & Tonks. Debra served on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and was president of the Guppy and SEMWA chapters. Find out more about Debra at https://www.DebraHGoldstein.com. You can also connect with Debra at: 

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