LIGHT COFFEE CREAM "QUICK DESSERT"

[achookwoman]

What we are making is a coffee custard,   which will wobble,  for a firmer set I think gelatin would have to be used.

[judydawn]

Wobbly is good once you get used to it.  We are so used to our custards setting here and because this one is different, we tend to think there is something wrong.  A bit of variation never goes astray and it is the lightness of this one that I love. I have made 2 batches now and apart from taking one around to Mum and DH eating 2, I have eaten the remaining 9 ramekins

[cookie1]

Well done Judy. That is a very good advertisement for it.

[isi]

Judy, your explanation is interesting
also not forget that raw material may be a Little bit different so some things are never equal 100%!
I confess I made the Chocolate Version Yesterday Night!
When I served it - we had to Drink it - haaaahaaaaaaaah   - I FORGOT TO PUT YHE EGGS!
Taste was Great
isi

[cathy79]

I've just made a chocolate batch and a coffee batch as well.

Chocolate - I used 20g of cocoa instead of coffee using the EDC custard recipe as a guide.  Mixture tastes perfect, so will see once it's cold.

I have an experiment going too.  I put half a serve of chocolate in the freezer while making the coffee batch.  Once the coffee batch was ready, I carefully poured it on top of the chocolate using a spoon to help layer the flavours.  It looks like it is working, will have to wait until properly set.  Should look lovely if it works.  Would be even better if the colours were more different.  Maybe honeycomb and chocolate?

[achookwoman]

Wow !  I can see isi's coffee cream taking off,( just like the bread )  I love the texture and don't want to change it.

[judydawn]

Great ideaCathy79. Did you notice how much darker isi's was to JulieO's (mine looked like JulieO's) so if you could get one batch of each colour,the contrast would be fairly marked.   Or make one layer a plain vanilla flavoured 'cream', leaving out either the coffee or the chocolate.  Or (oh the possibilities are endless) use white chocolate in one batch and dark choc in the other.

[cathy79]

Great ideaCathy79. Did you notice how much darker isi's was to JulieO's (mine looked like JulieO's) so if you could get one batch of each colour,the contrast would be fairly marked.   Or make one layer a plain vanilla flavoured 'cream', leaving out either the coffee or the chocolate.  Or (oh the possibilities are endless) use white chocolate in one batch and dark choc in the other.

Yes I noticed Isi's is much darker - it's the colour of my chocolate one, and my coffee batch matches JulieO's in colour.  The layering definitely worked and looked really nice.  And I was very happy with the amount of cocoa.  I took it to my parents for dinner last night and everyone loved it.  Another recipe to email mum.

Good idea to do white chocolate and dark chocolate.  That would look fantastic.

[isi]

Hello cathy
I loved  your idea!
Certainly I will also try some of these too!
Thank you and compliments to your mother

[Thermomixer]

Good ideas cathy79 - would be good to have different textures too.

[Very Happy Jan]

Good ideas cathy79 - would be good to have different textures too.

maybe some honeycomb crumbled through the chocolate one

[Thermomixer]

Sounds good - Violet crumble pudding

[judydawn]

In case you didn't see my posting on another thread (I was a little excited ), I today turned this recipe into ice-cream and it is so good I will not need to buy Peters Light & Creamy ice-cream anymore.  Today I did a chocolate version, replacing the coffee with 100g grated dark cooking chocolate to get a lovely rich colour. It doesn't set hard like a lot of other recipes or sorbet so just pour it into a freezer friendly container and spoon it out with ease when it sets a few hours later.

For a vanilla flavoured ice-cream I will swap the coffee for vanilla essence or vanilla paste.
For a fruit ice-cream I will swirl some strawberry or raspberry coulis through the mixture before it sets too much.
For coffee ice-cream, well that is the recipe as it stands.

The possibilities are endless and I am one happy little chappy today thanks to you, dear isi. Does life get much better than this 

[JulieO]

Judy, I think you start a new thread with all your alterations to it for quick reference.   

[achookwoman]

I love this JD,  am going to try it straight away.   What an intelligent. experimental person you are. .