Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse
This is a chocolate cream with chopped candied grapefruit peel and caramelized nuts added to give bit of crunch. The small pot of cream is topped with an Irish coffee mousse (flavours of coffee, fresh cream, sugar and whisky).
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Last modified on: March 11th 2011
For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
200 g chocolate - 2
250 ml whole milk - 3
250 ml cream - 4
½ vanilla pod - 5
3 egg yolks - 6
50 g caster sugar - 7
50 g Candied grapefruit peel - 8
50 ml Sugar syrup - 9
50 ml cold coffee - 10 125 ml liquid cream
- 11
25 ml whisky - 12
100 g Caramelised walnuts - Total weight: 1,212 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 47 min. | 12 min. | 59 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
In a pan pour 250 ml whole milk, 250 ml cream and ½ vanilla pod.
Bring to the boil. Remove from heat, cover and leave to stand about 10 minutes.
Bring to the boil. Remove from heat, cover and leave to stand about 10 minutes.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Pour hot milk onto mix while stirring.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Clean pan, and pour mix back in through a strainer.
Stage 6 - 7 min.
Put pan on medium heat and cook as for custard (crème anglaise).
Stage 7 - 2 min.
As soon as it's cooked, add chocolate.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Stir until all chocolate is melted and makes the chocolate cream (taste it, it's already delicious).
Cover and leave to cool.
Cover and leave to cool.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Cut 50 g Candied grapefruit peel into very small pieces.
Stage 10 - 10 min.
Prepare Irish coffee mousse: into a gourmet whip pour 50 ml Sugar syrup, 50 ml cold coffee, 125 ml liquid cream and 25 ml whisky.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
A short time before serving, prepare small pots: half fill with chocolate cream.
Add a layer of nuts and candied peel.
Add a layer of nuts and candied peel.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Fill almost to the top with chocolate cream.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
And top with a layer of Irish coffee mousse.
Stage 14
Serve without waiting, otherwise nuts and grapefruit peel will lose their crunch.
Add a stip of candied grapefruit peel, and for example finger biscuits.
Add a stip of candied grapefruit peel, and for example finger biscuits.
Remarks
If you don't have a gourmet whisk, make a classic chantilly cream with double or whipping cream (not pouring cream) that you mix with coffee+whisky+syrup, and then whip as usual. You can also use a simple chantilly.
You can replace Whisky by Bailey's, the mousse will be a bit less alcoholic.
If you will think that there are not enough photos of preparing mousse, you're right. I have forgot to take them when preparing recipe. I'll do it next time, I promise...
You can replace Whisky by Bailey's, the mousse will be a bit less alcoholic.
If you will think that there are not enough photos of preparing mousse, you're right. I have forgot to take them when preparing recipe. I'll do it next time, I promise...
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 5.88 €
- Per person : 0.98 €
Source
Home made, but this recipe is warmly dedicated to my friend Conor from Dublin, who taught me how to make Irish Coffee in AltaMira a long time ago.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Dauphinois, Chocolate cake, Salmon and spinach quiche, New tiramisu, Quartet of brassicas with cream , ... All |
| Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Dauphinois, Hot chocolate, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Cramique, ... All |
| Chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate ganache, Flaky brownie brioche, Chocolate madeleines, Chocolate Chantilly , Hot chocolate, ... All |
| Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spring veal sauté , Fresh spinach with cream, Chocolate mug cake, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Deep leek and potato quiche, ... All |
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