Coffee Cream Chantilly

Preparation info
  • About

    2 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

  • About

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ cup very strong, hot black coffee
  • 2 egg yolks

Method

  1. Dissolve the sugar in the hot coffee. Pour the mixture over the egg yolks and stir to blend. Cook in the top part of a small double boiler over hot water, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens like a custard.

  2. Cool mixture and chill in the refrigerator until ready to use. Just before serving, fold in the whipped cream.