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Greek yogurt tiramisu

Name: Greek yogurt tiramisu
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups whole-milk Greek yogurt; 3 tbsp honey; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 200 ml espresso, cooled; about 24 ladyfingers; 1 tbsp cocoa powder, to dust; 15 g dark chocolate 60-69%, shaved

Tiramisu with thick Greek yogurt where the mascarpone usually goes: the coffee, the cocoa and the soaked sponge all survive intact, and a portion carries about 20 g of protein. One of the few desserts that is genuinely filling rather than merely sweet.

Time: 20 min (20 prep + 0 cook)
Servings: 6
Per serving: 242 kcal
Protein: 14 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

3 cups whole-milk Greek yogurt750 g
3 tbsp honey60 g
1 tsp vanilla extract5 g

To soak

200 ml espresso, cooled200 g

about 24 ladyfingers120 g
1 tbsp cocoa powder, to dust6 g
15 g dark chocolate 60-69%, shaved (optional)15 g

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Steps

Whisk the yogurt with the honey and vanilla until glossy and thick. Don't over-whisk — Greek yogurt thins if you beat it hard.
Dip each ladyfinger in the cooled espresso for about a second a side. Any longer and the layer collapses; they keep drinking while they sit.
Lay half the soaked fingers in a dish, spread over half the yogurt, then repeat. Smooth the top.
Chill at least 4 hours, ideally overnight — the sponge has to soften into the cream. Dust with cocoa and shave over the chocolate just before serving, not before chilling, or the cocoa goes damp.

Is this really tiramisu?

It's tiramisu built on yogurt rather than mascarpone and raw egg, so it's tangier and lighter, and it sets softer. If you want the classic, make the classic — this is the version you can eat on a Tuesday.

Why this score

moderately filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

22% of kcal

73% water

3 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 1454 kcal goes into the pot, 1156 g of ingredients comes out as ~1150 g of food → 126 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 126
Protein: (22%); 7 g
Fat: (31%); 4 g
Carbohydrates: (47%); 15 g
of which sugar: 7 g
Fiber: <1 g
Sodium: 40 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.