Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!


In celebration of a great holiday, I bring you.... coffee jelly with marsala cream! I had some extra coffee and extra filling from the tiramisu challenge, so this is what I did with it:

Coffee rum jelly:
1 tablespoon gelatin
3 tablespoons water
¼ cup sugar
2 cups strong coffee
rum or liqueur to taste

Sprinkle the gelatin over the water in a small saucepan and set aside for a few minutes. Add the coffee and sugar, and stir, heating, until the gelatin and sugar are both dissolved completely. This won't take long at all if your coffee is hot. Stir in the rum and pour into glasses or ramekins and chill. Serve with whipped cream. The marsala cream I used had 4 separate components, so I don't recommend making it just for this, but you could always add more booze to your whipped cream.

Oh, and if you were looking for something Irish, I made some wheaten bread a while back. It'd be good with a real pint of Guinness.

3 comments:

judy said...

Oh Mary! You've gone too far!! And another use for some of that marsala, excellent.

j

Valérie said...

Coffee jelly! What a great idea, I am so making this! Happy St Patrick's Day!

Valerie Gamine said...

Wow, Very creative!! I love the presentation. :D