Ingredients :

• Mascarpone — Keep it very cold — take it out of the fridge at the last second. Lukewarm mascarpone results in a cream that won’t hold, runs, and ruins the assembly. Galbani, President, whatever the brand, but check that it hasn’t been frozen and thawed before ending up in your cart.
• Strawberries — Sniff them before buying. That’s the real test. If they don’t smell like anything at the market, they won’t taste like anything on the plate. Gariguettes or Ciflorettes in season. Otherwise, Spanish strawberries left to rest with a little sugar release their juice and make up for their lack of fragrance.
• Ladyfingers (Biscuits à la cuillère) — Supermarket ones do the job perfectly. The important part is the soaking: one second in the orange juice, not two. You want a biscuit that has just sipped, not a soggy one that collapses between your fingers the second you touch it.
• Orange juice — It replaces the coffee and alcohol of classic tiramisu. Home-pressed if you have ten minutes. Otherwise, good bottled juice — avoid reconstituted concentrate, as the artificial taste shows in the final result. You really lose nothing by not adding alcohol here.