Ingredients

• 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
• 16 ounces mascarpone cheese
• 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 7 ounces ladyfingers
• 2 -3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

1. 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.

2. To Make Cream Filling: in a bowl whisk heavy cream and until they become soft peaks.

3. Add mascarpone cheese, mix more.

4. To Build Tiramisu: Strain the dirty chai mixture.

5. Dip and soak lady fingers in the mixture.

6. Line the bottom of a serving bowl (trifle bowl is recommended) with the lady fingers.

7. Add a layer of the whipped cream/mascarpone mixture.

8. Add another layer of dirty chai-soaked lady fingers.

9. Add a 2nd layer of the whipped cream/mascarpone mixture.

10. Add a 3rd layer of dirty chai-soaked lady fingers.

11. Pipe the remaining whipped cream/mascarpone mixture on the top.

12. Sift with cocoa powder.