Monday, 3 November 2008

Spiced creamy coffee jellies



We had a wonderful one week of holiday doing nothing.
Well by nothing I mean no serious stuff. Went for a concert , a singer my daughter is crazy about .
It was fun to go there, but then one looks so old in between all these teenagers.

We went for cycling ( 20km) went for a long walk on the beach and came back through the woods.
Othere than had we had a small party at home.

Didn't do anything special , just did a cheese plate with differnt variety of cheese and with french bread and this dessert. Also made a delicious snack to serve with Champagne from Ivys place Kopiastewill post it one of these days.

Actually we opened up the bottle a a late celebration for my daughters 16th birthday which was on Jully.We did celebrate with my family back in India but didn't do anything here.

I know it is almost 3 months back, but yeah everybody was busy, when hubby was free on a weekend other were not free and it went on and on...........

My daughter have four clelbration for her b'day if we are in India the year.
One with my sis and family in Bangalore ( if we are in India)
One with my mom and bunch in Kerala, then before leaving to India she has a celebration with her few good school friends and then when we are back from India with my hubbies family.

So this is the dessert I served for the last party.It is almost like pannacotta, but then it is a recipe i got from Good food magazine, they call it jelly.

You can call what ever you want , it doesn't matter as it is really delicious and not to mention super easy to make them.

Here at home I don't buy powdered coffee ( i do have my bottle of nescafe for when i just feel like having a taste from back home)
I buy coffee beans. So every morning i take the amount of coffee beans i need and powder them in my small coffee frinder and make coffee, the smell in the house in the morning is so wonderful.
I buy always my coffee beans from a special coffee shop were they sell only various variety of coffees and tea.
But this time I bought this LavAzza coffee beans from the supermarket.You might ask what was the reason for it.
I can only give this reason. When we were in India few months back, one of our favourite place to have coffee or a coffee based drink was in Barista.
And there i saw them using this coffee and thought why not give it a try.

This is my entry for Meeta's monthly mingle event
and also to Aparna's Sweet Celebration event
Also sending to Ivy's Time to be thankful day event.
She had written we should write why we are thankfull. I am really greatful for what I have in my life.

Ingridients:
4 sheet gelatine
285 ml double cream
2 tbsp sugar
4 cardamom pods crushed.
300 ml strong black coffee

For the coffee Syrup:
200ml black coffee
200 gm sugar
2 tbsp Kahlua ( optional) but it does gives a wonderful taste to the syrup

Soak the gelatine in cold water untill softened. Put the cream sugar and cardamom in a pan and gentley heat, don't boil.
Squeeze the gelatine and stir in untill dissolved, then stir in the coffee. Strain the liquid into small coffecups or glass and chill atleast 4 hours untill set or overnight

To make the coffee syrup, simmer the coffee and the sugar untill the sugar has dissolved. Cook the mixture for 5 minutes.
Stir in the Kahula and cool. ( you can keep them in the fridge)
Just before serving, flood the top of eah glass/cup with syrup.

54 comments:

  1. woooow!!the jellies look so creamy and fabulous...so tempting ..i can feel it just melting in my mouth!!nice entry :)

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  2. Decadent Coffee jellies to satisfy coffee cravings!

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  3. Coffee jelly sounds so tempting and I can imagine the flavor of freshly ground beans.

    Looks like you had a relaxing holiday - hope you didn't find the concert too loud... :)

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  4. Hmmm, I can smell here the aroma,It is an elegant dessert :)
    Hope ur daught had a sweet sixteen party!

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  5. Ranji thankyou, they were superb, one of the desserts which i will make again.

    Yasmeen Thankyou

    Laavanya Well i did cotton in my ears, last year i went wiht her for a wild rock concert and i fainted there, so you can imagine the people in that hall, so i got vclever this time :-)

    Cham thankyou yeah she did and few of them too.

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  6. Jellies look sooooo creamy ,gorgeous and droolyfying.....

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  7. happy Cook this is soooo tempting, I mean I want it now :)).

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  8. Looks yummy..love the idea of combining cofy in a jelly..

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  9. I justlove the smell of coffee! This looks too good!

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  10. Belated Bday wishes to ur daughter..I dont drink Coffee or tea..but I am sure it looks delicious

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  11. Rachel thankyou

    Sireesha now that i look to the pic i am also drooling :-)

    Bhawana hi hi thankyou my snetiments exactly

    Mahima and Dhivya thankyou

    Kamala thankyou. I too never drank coffee till i got maarried and now i have to have my coffee.

    Cooking and the city thankyou

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  12. so tempting. the jellies look so creamy.

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  13. Happycook, what an absolutely beautiful dessert. I love , love, love coffee (and chocolate). So your recipe really caught my eye. I too love grinding my own coffee beans before making a pot. I also have a jar of Nescafe (just incase). Great minds. My daughter and I are planning on taking a couple of days during the holidays and experimenting with Starbucks coffee recipes. I'll have to pull out the old espresso machine. Great post.

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  14. anything with coffee is good for me! Jellies look so fabulous and mouth-watering HC!

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  15. what a special treat to have!

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  16. This is so creative and so incredibly delicious looking. Yum. could i trade this for my normal morning cup?

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  17. the jellies look so fabulously amazing!! when u talk about grinding coffee beans every morning, i could almost smell the aroma here!!

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  18. That is a nice dessert, something different!

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  19. Wow! What an amazing look to this dessert! I love the look of the jelly against the creamy bottom. Absolutely decadent! :)

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  20. This sounds and looks lovely, and a great way to celebrate a party, especially of you love your coffee. This would be a hit here.
    I really need to check if agar will work instead of gelatine.
    Thanks for joining me in celebrating too.

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  21. Perfect dessert for the sweet 16 party. I can smell fresh powdered coffee ...

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  22. anything with coffee I am all ready with my sleeves up ..those jellies look very tempting..

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  23. WOW! this is a great treat! I really want to try it out soon.

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  24. Wonderful idea! and so pretty too!

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  25. oh this does look fantastic. a lovely entry! glad you could make it. been missing you at a few of the mingles!

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  26. great idea to have coffee jelly! Looks delicious.

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  27. This is an awesome recipe. Pics are making me to grab and lick it off. I too have Lavazaa waiting in my kitchen shelf from so long. Now time to try this out i think. Bookmarked.

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  28. coffee desserts are too good to pass up. Celebrations are a great way to remember special occasions , even if they are late.:)

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  29. Am awestuck to see such a wonderful jellies with creamy coffee, no words to say..amazing work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  30. You do have a lot to be thankful for. Thank you so much for entering our event and raising awareness for the worlds hungry.

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  31. Deesha and Lakshmi thankyou

    Teresa i am looking forward to see why you and your daughter is going to make with the starbuck coffee.

    Ume me too i love coffee

    Maria thankyou

    We ar enever full hi hi i would say take as a desserrt :-)

    Superchef thankyou, i think what i love about grinding my coffee beans is the amell in the whole house, just love it

    Meeso thankyou

    Kalai thankyou

    Aparna i am sure you will love them if you make it, i too will look aboout agar meausurements

    Sowmya and jayshree thankyou

    lg me too i love coffee

    Vanpham do try you will love it

    Bombay- it is indeed delicious

    Meeta thankyou, yeah was busy and went to indian so coudn't join up in the mingle event for a while

    roomaspace thankyou

    Kitchen flavour do try it you will fal in love with it as i did

    Mallugirl yeah , i love celebration especially when it comes to the dessert part

    Priya thankyou verymuch

    Bellini valli thankyou, it was my pleasure

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  32. hey, this looks awesome HC! and interesting too...I would love to try this with some whipped cream and hot chocolate:)

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  33. belated happy bday to ur daughter!!

    and that jelly looks delicious, a great entry for the events :-)

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  34. vooooo.....lovely combo......sth differrent

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  35. That looks great! 20 km of cycling sure would make me crave this...

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  36. That looks awesome... Hope u had wonderful holidays and a fabulous sweet 16 party!

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  37. The jellies look truly elegant and very tempting and inviting....

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  38. Hi Happy Cook. Happy belated birthday wishes for your daughter. I am glad you enjoyed Saganaki and your dessert looks delicious. Thanks for your lovely entry for the event.

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  39. Why do you tempt me so much... After the festivities I have put off sweets for a while now these jellies mmm I cant imagine not to have them...

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  40. coffee jelly? who would have thought of that combo first, i wonder :)

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  41. Wow ..what a great presentation ...The jellies looks yummy ....

    Love
    veena

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  42. They look so delicious. I dont like coffee and cannot take anything coffee flavored. Otherwise i would try it in a jiffy

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  43. Ahh - such a great idea here...looks great!

    -DTW
    www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com

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  44. Lovely smooth and delicious jelly HC... Yummy!!

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  45. You post always unique recipes:)
    Four celebrations for a birthday!!She is so lucky:)

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    Thanks a lot for visiting my blog and leaving lovely and inspiring comments ..I am just newcomer to this big world yaar ..Need all of urs support and encouragement ...and i am expecting the same from u ..U gt a great and wonderful blog .....
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  47. Mansi now you are make me want to try your combination

    JZ thankyou and indeed they are delicious

    Rajji thankyou

    ANudivya yeah true, but then i didn't had this indulgence at home, made it day after

    n33ma thankyou

    Anusriram thankyou enjoyed both

    Usha i totally agree with you, i had lot of wows when i brought to the table.

    Ivy thankyou, yeah we all enjoyed it, they were yumm

    Jeena thankyou

    Ramya vijayakumar, do try them , you will love them.

    Nags who cares who thought about it as long as it is yummy.

    Veena thankyou

    Vibaas you dodn't like coffee You can try them with chocolate then

    Darius thankyou

    Swati treading you comment i am wanting to have them again, but it is all finished

    Raks thankyou, she only have four celebrations, if we go to India for holiday.

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  48. Those Coffee jelly looks soooo tempting! A great entry to WFD H.C.

    Rosie x

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  49. This sounds very good - I have never tried making anything like this, but I am now tempted to try.

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