A cold drink made from coffee and ice cream is widely known in Europe. This cocktail is called glace. It is not known exactly which country he appeared in, someone believes that in France, others think that in Austria. There is no single recipe for this drink. It is believed that the fourth part of it should consist of ice cream, and the second main ingredient of the cocktail is cold coffee, to create which grains of medium-roasted arabica are taken.
Some types of this drink
There is not one recipe for glasse coffee at home, it all depends on the imagination. The most common cooking methods are as follows:
- Ground coffee is poured into the turk, sugar and cinnamon are added, this will give a sweet taste and a mild aroma. Next, the water purified through the filter is poured, and everything is cooked over low heat. When the coffee begins to boil, remove it and wait 10 seconds, and again set to brew. After waiting for the second boiling, the drink is removed, covered with a lid and allowed to cool. Then it is filtered and cleaned for 10 minutes in the freezer. Put ice cream in a glass and pour chilled coffee on top of it.
- Coffee is brewed according to a favorite recipe for each and cooled in the refrigerator. Next, milk is added to it and mixed. Then put a ball of ice cream and sprinkle with grated chocolate. This recipe gives a milder taste and is suitable for teens.
- Black coffee is brewed in any convenient way and cleaned for 20 minutes in the freezer. Powdered sugar is added to the cream and mixed in a blender. A tablespoon of chocolate syrup, chilled coffee and whipped cream with cream are poured into the glasses. Put a scoop of ice cream on top, sprinkle with caramel chips and cocoa powder. For a more festive and vibrant mood, you can sprinkle with small candies.
- Glasse coffee recipe at home with liquor is a drink that will help to cheer up and relax at the same time. Make coffee according to your own recipe and let it cool. Next, several ice cubes are added to the glass, then no more than 20% of the volume of the entire cocktail is poured into the liquor.
- The following recipe for glasse coffee at home is suitable not only for adults, but also for children. This drink with a very delicate taste, gives vigor and energy. Coffee is brewed in any way and, as usual, cools in the refrigerator. Next, sugar and sliced banana are placed in the drink. Everything is whipped together in a mixer or blender until smooth. Then ice cream is added and whipped again. The cocktail is ready. It remains to decorate it to taste with a chip of chocolate or caramel.
Original recipe
A recipe for coffee with a yellow ice cream at home. To prepare it, you need a little unusual products for the drink, namely chicken eggs. First you need to make coffee and cool it. Then you should grind the yolks with sugar. Next, coffee is mixed with yolks and heated in a water bath for 10 minutes, stirring the mass. Then it is poured into a glass, a ball of ice cream is added, then it is poured with chocolate syrup and sprinkled with chocolate chips.
Diet drink
For those who are watching their figure and counting each calorie, there is a recipe for coffee with a glasse at home with milk ice cream. It does not use chocolate, cream, but only vanillin and cocoa powder. A weak coffee is prepared, then it is cooled in the freezer (it is important to know that hot products are not put in the refrigerator, they must be allowed to cool to room temperature). Put a ball of milk ice cream on top, as it is less fat than cream, and sprinkle vanilla and cocoa powder on top.
Cocktail from the device
The recipe for glasse coffee in a coffee machine is simple and quick. It is necessary to fill a glass of purified water, pour 2 tablespoons of ground coffee into the filter. Next, put the cup on the pallet and press the espresso button. After adding three balls of ice cream, for convenience, a spoon should be moistened with water. On top of the drink you can sprinkle with chocolate chips or cocoa. The cocktail is ready. It takes no more than 5 minutes to prepare it, and the wonderful feeling of such a drink will remain for a long time.
Many people brew coffee several times a day according to the same recipe. This happens week after week, year after year. Sometimes it will be good to try something new.
It's important to know
Many people noticed that when a pack of ground coffee is unpacked, the whole house is filled with aroma. The same thing happens when the grains are ground. Over time, the oils evaporate and the smell becomes muffled. That is why, before preparing coffee glace, it is better to open a new packet or grind the grains. The aroma of coffee will fill the cocktail with the warmth of a cozy cafe, and ice cream will give a delicate taste and contrast.
For those who do not allow themselves fatty ice cream, there is always an alternative in the form of milk. However, most drink lovers know that the secret of how to make glasse coffee at home is in an ordinary ice cream.
In order to make the drink with a richer taste, when preparing it, you need to add half a teaspoon of sugar.
And one more little secret. When brewing coffee, add a pinch of cocoa powder along with sugar. So the taste becomes saturated. This tip is suitable for preparing a variety of drinks.
Cocktail Equipment
In a cafe or in the summer kitchen, you can see the bartender conjuring a coffee machine, and then connects an ice cream freezer to the process. Such a machine is better known to children and their mothers. In hot weather, kids become regular customers. This unit is intended for the production of soft and hard sorts of ice cream.
When making coffee, the glazier freezer creates masterpieces. He makes real ice cream, that is, creates a natural product without preservatives. Also in it, the mixture is saturated with air by 50-80%. Such machines are capable of producing from 3 to 5 types of mixtures with different tastes and colors. Thus, they provide an opportunity to experiment and use different recipes for coffee with ice cream.
Milling cutter makes two types of product:
- Solid, the temperature of which is from -8 to -12 ° C. Ready ice cream is laid out on gastronomic showcases in special trays
- Soft is laid out in the horns and has a temperature of -6 ° C.
The recipe for classic glasse coffee involves the use of solid ice cream in the form of balls. There are cocktails that use soft varieties. There are two types - professional freezers for home use (it can be a great gift for a family of sweet tooth). There is another difference. The device for hard ice cream can produce only one grade. However, it has an advantage: you can use additives, such as pieces of fruit, nuts and the like. Thanks to this, you can make coffee using various recipes.
How to make glace ice cream
Warm water is poured into the freezer for home use and a certain volume of the mixture is poured, which is calculated from the number of servings. The necessary proportions are indicated by the manufacturer on the packaging. The finished mass is mixed and aged for half an hour, in the intervals of this time it must be mixed 2 times. Next, the mixture is filtered through a sieve in order to avoid the ingress of large fractions into the cylinder of the apparatus. The electric motor rotates the mechanism for mixing ice cream, the pump saturates it with air, and the cold from the freezer walls freezes the product.
How to decorate a cocktail
Finished coffee with ice cream should be decorated before serving. The classic version uses chocolate syrup, caramel crumbs, chocolate chips, candies, cocoa powder, pieces of fruit or berries, ground nuts, pieces of chocolate. What the cocktail will be depends on the imagination and the ingredients available. You can use fruit syrups to create a rainbow of color. To give freshness and spring mood, you can put mint leaves on top. You can decorate with chocolate bar sticks, M & M's chocolates, or just chocolate wedges.
The top of the glass can be smeared with chocolate paste or hot chocolate and attached to this mass of candy or edible beads.
Finally
A delicious and refreshing drink can be prepared at home. It is enough to have coffee and ice cream. If in the kitchen there is a coffee machine and a freezer, then it becomes possible to treat yourself and your loved ones not just with a cocktail, but with a masterpiece of culinary art, without spending 10 minutes on cooking.
The secret to a delicious ice cream cocktail is simple. Enough to use quality products and connect imagination. On a sultry summer day, a serving of such a drink will give warmth to aromatic coffee and at the same time, to the coolness and freshness of a delicious ice cream.
Since the drink is quite high-calorie, it will be pleasant to drink it on long walks in the park or along the promenade, when traveling with the whole family on bicycles. A charge of energy will be provided, and the velvety taste of coffee with ice cream will give you a mood.
Even if there is no equipment for making coffee or a milling cutter for making ice cream, there is always the opportunity to make a budget, but no less tasty drink. It is enough to take instant coffee, brew it, let cool. Then put pieces of ice cream or ice cream from a waffle cup in a glass and pour it with a chilled drink. Garnish with cocoa, chocolate, or any product available and suitable to your taste.