Irish coffee cream

Name: Irish coffee cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 200 g (6½ oz) dark bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 3 tablespoons icing sugar, sifted; 200 ml (6½ oz) thick (double) cream; cocoa powder, to dust; 1 tablespoon whisky; 200 ml (6½ fl oz) cream, for whipping; 1 tablespoon coffee extract (see Chef's tip)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

If you simply can’t wait for the ganache to go cold before you indulge in this treat, try serving it warm.

Ingredients

Ganache

200 g (6½ oz) dark bittersweet chocolate, chopped
200 ml (

Europe
Ireland
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Chocolate

Method

To make the ganache, put the chocolate in a bowl. Put the cream and sugar in a saucepan and heat until just at boiling point. Pour directly onto the chocolate and mix well until smooth and creamy. (If the chocolate does not melt, stir over a pan of hot water, making sure the bowl is not touching the water.) Mix in the whisky. Refrigerate to cool, mixing from time to ti