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A Johor-style coffee dessert with coffee paste, whipped coffee cream, coffee ice cream, and a crisp wafer for contrast.
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Blend the coffee beans, confectioners’ sugar and grapeseed oil in a food processor until smooth.
Combine the cream, mascarpone, piloncillo sugar and ground coffee.
Blend with an immersion blender until smooth and chill until needed.
Heat the milk, cream, ground coffee and stabilizer in a saucepan.
Whisk the egg yolks with piloncillo sugar, then temper with the hot milk mixture.
Cook to 80°C (175°F) to form a custard.
Pour over the coffee paste, blend, and refrigerate for 3 hours.
Churn in an ice cream maker and freeze 12–24 hours.
Mix egg whites, confectioners' sugar and sifted flour.
Boil water with butter and salt; pour over the egg white mixture.
Chill for 1 hour, then pipe fine crisscrosses on a baking sheet.
Dust with ground coffee and bake at 170°C (340°F) for 40 minutes.
Whip the coffee Chantilly cream.
Fill the base of a bowl with coffee paste.
Add two spoonfuls of Chantilly, a scoop of ice cream and top with a crispy wafer.
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Everything you want to know about this recipe.
This plated dessert combines several coffee-based components in one bowl: coffee paste, whipped coffee cream, coffee ice cream, and a crisp wafer. Each part brings a different texture while keeping coffee as the main flavour.
The dessert includes:
The paste is made by blending coffee beans with oil and confectioners' sugar until smooth. It forms the base of the dessert and gives the finished plate a concentrated roasted coffee flavour.
This cream adds a softer texture to the plate. Mascarpone helps stabilize it, while ground coffee and piloncillo add flavour without making it too dense.
The ice cream uses a custard base with milk, cream, egg yolks, and ground coffee. Churning and freezing it fully helps it hold shape during assembly.
The wafer adds a dry, crisp contrast to the cream and ice cream. Bake it on the day of serving if you want to keep it at its crispest.
Pipe or spoon the coffee paste into the serving bowl first. Add the whipped cream, then the ice cream, and finish with the wafer on top.
Most components can be prepared in advance. The wafer is best baked on the same day so it stays crisp.
Serve well chilled with the wafer added just before plating.
Serving Size: 1 plated serving
* Reference intakes are based on an average adult's 8,400 kJ / 2,000 kcal diet. Your needs may be higher or lower.
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3 ratings
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Tried this for a dinner party and everyone loved the textures. Worth the effort!
The wafer stayed crisp and worked well with the cream.
The coffee flavour came through clearly, especially in the ice cream.
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