This delicious little dessert consists of a homemade Italian espresso cream and cream yogurt mixed with a dash of amaretto. Served from the fridge, it's a fresh cool down on hot days. This mocha cream is also great as a light dessert.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Cooling time2 hourshrs
Total Time2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italy
Diet: Vegetarian
Keyword: gluten free, vegetarian
Schwierigkeit: easy
Gang: Dessert - Dolce
Servings: 4servings
Calories: 257.5kcal
Author: Jessica Grillo
Cost: low
Equipment
Whisk
Dessert glasses
Ingredients
250mlespresso
100mlliquid cream
100gsugar
20gcornstarch
300gcream yogurt10% fat
25mlamaretto
cocoa powderto taste
chocolate sprinklesto taste
Coffee beansfor garnish
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
Place the espresso in a saucepan with half of the liquid cream and half of the sugar and bring to the boil briefly.
Put the other half of the liquid cream in a small bowl and mix thoroughly with the starch. Then add to the saucepan with the boiling mixture and continue to cook for about 4 minutes. While doing so, whisk vigorously until a nice pudding is formed. Then leave to cool for at least 2 hours.
Then place the yogurt in a bowl with the remaining sugar and the amaretto and mix well. Stir the pudding briefly.
Now layer the pudding and the yogurt cream alternately in nice dessert glasses. If desired, sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles or cocoa powder and garnish with a coffee bean.Buon appetito!