Cafe Liegeois
"A classic French ice cream dessert. Sophisticated and simple."
photo by MA HIKER
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
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Ice Cream
- 2⁄3 cup chilled creme fraiche or 2/3 cup whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder (instant coffee powder will do if you can’t get the espresso)
- 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened (do get a premium brand)
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup chilled whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- chocolate-covered coffee beans
directions
- For ice cream: Beat chilled crème fraiche or whipping cream, sugar, instant espresso and coffee liqueur in medium bowl to stiff peaks.
- Add ice cream and fold together.
- Freeze overnight.
- For topping: Beat whipping cream and sugar in medium bowl to stiff peaks.
- Scoop ice cream into tall glasses.
- Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and top with a couple of the chocolate-covered coffee beans.
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Reviews
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This is wonderful. I am a huge fan of coffee flavored desserts and this is easy, delicious and impressive. I also drizzled a little kahlua over the whipped topping when serving. Very nice, tastes decadent and wonderful! -
This needs more than 5 stars!! I used whipped cream, instant coffee, and Kahlua. Softened the ice cream a bit in the microwave to make it easier to combine with the whipped cream mixture. For the chocolate covered coffee beans I combined instant coffee, cocoa powder, and just a bit of sugar. Sprinkled this over the top of the ice cream and enjoyed!! I didnt take a photo this time but such a pretty and elegant dessert!
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
