That Coffee Roasters: Sweet Desserts Involving Coffee

jueves, 26 de abril de 2018

Sweet Desserts Involving Coffee

Coffee can be considered bitter, but that doesn't mean it can't be used for sweet recipes.

Truffles, Tiramisu, Sparkling cookies, Brownies... The possibilities of adding coffee to traditional desserts are almost endless (and much richer and decadent if we combine the wonders of chocolate), and are a good way to reuse your ground coffee and to vary the presentation of our daily consumption of caffeine, in addition, who would refuse to arrive one afternoon from work and enjoy some delicious choco-coffee truffles?

Today we will be talking about the many applications that coffee has in the world of desserts and, as in That Coffee Roasters we love to help you to generate new ideas, we give you a recipe for chocolate truffles and coffee to practice at home. Delicious, don’t you think?

Coffee and Desserts: A Lovely Relationship

Coffee doesn't just belong in your morning mug. When your coffee cravings extend beyond your morning routine, bake some cookies, cakes or bread with coffee beans in them. Bakers have long used instant coffee granules and brewed coffee to bring out the best in chocolate-based desserts, but roasted coffee beans add a more intense flavor and embellish baked goods with an added layer of texture. The flavor of coffee brings out the best not only in chocolate but in other rich flavors such as butterscotch, caramel and mint.

Incorporate ground coffee into different mixtures and bake them with these little tips. Take for instance the Vietnamese Ice Coffee Panna Cotta, this dainty Italian dessert was inspired by sweet, potent Vietnamese iced coffee. It calls only for two tablespoons of espresso powder. Coffee and churros are also an interesting mixture of flavors, try to bake a pumpkin-coffee combo that pairs cinnamon-and-nutmeg-spiced churros with a chocolate-coffee dipping sauce.

Today’s Dessert: Coffee Truffles

Easy to bake, low-cost and beyond all… Delicious! Learn how to make them here at That Coffee Roasters.

Ingredients

250 ml of double cream
75 g of light brown sugar
1 tablespoon of strong espresso coffee powder
A large pinch of sea salt
250 g of dark chocolate, finely chopped
Cocoa powder, to dust

Preparation

First of all, heat the cream, sugar, coffee powder and salt together in a saucepan, mix them gently until steaming. Allow to cool slightly. Put the chocolate in a bowl and pour over the warm cream. Allow to settle in for a few minutes, then stir until combined. You should have a smooth, glossy ganache. Refrigerate for about two hours, until the mixture is set.

The easiest way to roll them is in a cool kitchen, arm yourself with disposable gloves. Put a good quantity of cocoa powder into a small bowl. Have a tray lined with baking parchment ready. Spoon out the size of truffle you want, roll into a ball then roll in the cocoa powder and put on the tray, ready to refrigerate for a few hours. Keep going until all the mixture has been rolled. Store in a lidded plastic box until needed.

Enjoy! Your truffles are ready, just like that!

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