Coffee mousse is a dessert with a pleasantly creamy texture, perfect if you want to treat yourself to a mouth-watering snack, or surprise your guests with a delicious dessert at the end of a meal.
And the great thing is that the recipe for making it is really simple! If you’re not exactly a wizard in the kitchen, therefore, you don’t have to worry at all: to make a tasty coffee mousse, you just need to get the right ingredients and follow the instructions we’re about to give you.
If the idea of enjoying coffee in this unprecedented frothy format is starting to make you jealous, therefore, all you have to do is read on, discovering with us all the ways you can make your own fantastic mousse!
Coffee mousse: the classic recipe
Let’s start right away by revealing the main secret of coffee mousse: the one that will affect, positively or negatively, its success. To properly prepare this delicious dessert, in fact, you will need coffee: not just any coffee, but the best coffee you can make!
At Pontevecchio, we specialize in lever machines, the only ones that can ensure you a professionally prepared coffee. On the other hand, you will agree that if you want to drink good coffee, you should do it with the right machine! So go ahead and consult our catalog and discover the right coffee machine for you: the one that will allow you to prepare the best coffee for your mousse. In fact, the basic recipe calls for using 6 cups of 25 ml each. In addition, you will also need:
- 100 gr sugar;
- 500 gr fresh cream;
- 6 gr jelly(= 3 leaves).
After you have combined all 6 cups of coffee in a bowl, dissolve the sugar in it while it is still boiling, and then incorporate it with the jelly (previously soaked in cold water).
Then proceed to whip the cream, making sure it reaches its maximum volume, and transfer it to a bowl into which you will add the coffee slowly, stirring from the bottom up.
At this point your coffee mousse will finally be ready: let it chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and then enjoy it with your guests!
Coffee mousse: the alcoholic variant
If you want to surprise your diners, you can surprise them with this variation of the classic recipe, which involves preparing a delicious coffee mousse garnished with whiskey cream.
We, who know about coffee, were literally won over by it, so we want to reveal to you in detail how you should prepare it. For starters, start by getting the following ingredients:
- 1 espresso;
- 200 ml fresh cream;
- 200 gr mascarpone cheese;
- 1 tablespoon of whiskey cream;
- 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar;
- bitter cocoa to taste.
Whip the cream together with the sugar and mascarpone, and then add the coffee with the whiskey cream. Once you have a homogeneous mixture, proceed to chill it in the refrigerator and, before serving it in the cups, decorate it with a sprinkle of bitter cocoa. At that point, the coffee mousse will officially be ready and, if you want to give it an even more mouth-watering touch, you can enrich it with some dry cookies.
Coffee mousse: the easiest recipe
If you don’t feel quite skilled in the kitchen and fear that even the preparation of coffee mousse may put you in difficulty, don’t worry! This third recipe is really very simple and, to prepare it, you will only need 4 ingredients, namely:
- 2 tablespoons of instant coffee;
- 400 ml fresh cream;
- 60 gr white sugar;
- 100 ml water.
First, you need to pour the cream into a bowl, whipping it with the help of electric whips. While whipping, add the sugar and continue whipping the cream. Then proceed to dissolve the instant coffee in the hot water and add it to the cream. Finish by whipping everything until stiff and enjoy your mouthwatering coffee mousse!
Coffee mousse: the diet recipe
As you have certainly noticed, the recipes we have proposed so far are all particularly “caloric”. If you really care about your figure, however, you don’t have to give up enjoying coffee mousse but, on the contrary, you can prepare it by following this last recipe, which is slightly more dietary than the others. To start you will need:
- 3 egg white;
- 3 egg yolk;
- 150 gr sugar;
- 4 cups of coffee.
Brew the coffee with your lever machine and let it cool. Meanwhile, whip the egg whites until stiff, adding a pinch of salt. In a separate container, on the other hand, beat the egg yolks together with the sugar until you get a creamy mixture that you will have to mix together with the cold coffee and the previously beaten egg whites.
Mix everything together with the help of a spatula, making movements from the bottom up and, when you have obtained a homogeneous consistency, place the mousse in the refrigerator, letting it rest for at least 2 hours. After this time, it will officially be ready and you can serve it decorated with a pinch of bitter cocoa.
Conclusion
As you have undoubtedly noticed, one of the main advantages of coffee mousse is the fact that it is an incredibly versatile recipe, which can be prepared with a large number of different ingredients, depending on the occasion and your personal tastes. What all the variants we have presented to you have in common, however, is the presence of coffee, which must be prepared in the best possible way.
Since it is the main ingredient, in fact, its quality is of primary importance. After all, if you want to get a full-bodied and richly flavoured mousse, you certainly cannot prepare it with mediocre coffee!
That’s why, we who understand coffee, recommend you to do it with one of our lever machines: not only do they work in a simple and intuitive way, but they are albe to ensure you a coffee rich in all its nutritional properties and characterized by a pleasantly intense aroma.
So what are you waiting for? Choose the coffee mousse recipe you like best and prepare it with the help of your lever machine: the result you will get will be mouth-watering!
