[WATCH] Coffee parfait
Now that spring is on the way, ice cream is the order of the day. Watch Pippa Mattei make a perfect coffee parfait
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Spring is just around the corner. Watch Pippa Mattei make a coffee parfait
A parfait is a classic type of ice-cream which is made by pouring a hot sugar syrup over egg yolks. The mixture is then cooled before cream and any flavouring is stirred in. This recipe is for a coffee parfait, but it is equally good flavoured with freshly squeezed lemon juice or with pureed cherries, either fresh or tinned, and a dash of cherry brandy.
Coffee parfait
Makes approx. 700ml ice-cream
Ingredients
- 75g sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 450ml double cream
- 2 tbsp instant coffee
Method
- Put the sugar and 4 tbsp water in a small saucepan.
- Place it on the heat and stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved.
- Bring to the boil and boil until you have a light syrup at 110°C (approx. 4-5 mins).
- In a mixing bowl whisk the egg yolks, and whisking continuously pour on the slightly cooled syrup.
- Whisk until it has amalgamated, then leave until it is cold.
- Dissolve the coffee in a tablespoon of water; stir it and the cream into the mixture.
- Your mixture is now ready for churning in an ice-cream machine. If you don’t have this machine, you can put the ice-cream mixture into a low container and put into freezer for a few hours, take out and mash with a fork, do this several times till you have the right consistency.
This recipe first appeared on Gourmet Today, aired on TVM on 13 March, 2015.
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