Strawberry Tiramisu with White Chocolate

Ingredients

• 300g strawberries, hulled (fresh or frozen)
• 3/4 cups water
• 1/2 lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons of white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 500g fresh strawberries (cut in halves)
• 250g mascarpone cheese
• 2/3 cup thickend cream
• 200g sponge finger biscuits
• white chocolate

Directions

1. Cut 300g of strawberries in chunks and add to saucepan. Add 3 tablespoons of white sugar, water and lemon juice and cook over medium heat. Stir when the mixture comes to a boil and mashing down the strawberries. Continue to cook for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and put the strawberries through the strainer and squeezing with a wooden spoon.
2. Beat eggs and sugar with electric mixer until thick and creamy.
3. In a separate bowl, beat mascapone and cream with an electric mixer until thick. Fold egg mixture into mascarpone mixture.
4. Line the base of a 24cm springform pan with baking paper.
5. Dip biscuits, one at a time, into the strawberry syrup and use to line base of pan (cut to fit if necessary). Layer some strawberries halves on top of biscuits. Then top with half the mascapone mixture. Repeat. Cover, refridgerate overnight.
6. Remove from springform pan and carefully transfer to serving plate, decorate with strawberries halves. Using a vegetable peeler, shave some white chocolate curls over the top.