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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Coffee & Baileys Jello Cubes

Total Time: 24 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

  • 11 sheets unflavored gelatin
  • 2 cups coffee (hot, as strong as you like it)
  • 5 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1 cup baileys irish cream

Recipe

  • 1 let soak 7 sheets of leaf gelatin in cold water (for about 5 minutes).
  • 2 make coffee. make it as strong as you like. add brown sugar and mix until sugar is dissolved.
  • 3 take the gelatin out of the cold water and stir into the hot coffee until disolved. let cool slightly.
  • 4 meanwhile prepare a suited form of about 10 x 6 inches in size. line out with cling film. fill in the coffee mixture and put into the fridge for about 2 hours.
  • 5 then soak 4 sheets of leaf gelatin in cold water (for about 5 minutes).
  • 6 heat up the whipping cream. it should be warm. take the gelatin out of the cold water and stir into the warm whipping cream until dissolved. add baileys and mix.
  • 7 let cool, but don't let it gelatinize. take coffee jello out of the fridge and pour carefully the baileys mixture onto the coffee jello.
  • 8 put in the fridge and chill for at least 6 hours (or overnight).
  • 9 take the "coffee & baileys jello" together with the cling film out of the form.
  • 10 cut it into cubes of about 1 inch using a thin sharp knife. serve immediately or put them back into the fridge until use.
  • 11 note: should be make ahead one day prior serving.
  • 12 note: cooking time is for making one day ahead.
  • 13 note on gelatin: if you can't get leaf gelatin, you may use granulated gelatin. 4 sheets leaf gelatin are 1 envelope (o,25 oz) granulated gelatin. i would suggest to use 2 envelopes for the coffee part and 1 envelope for the baileys part.

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