How to Make Cafe (Coffee) Parfait

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Coffee grounds and milk are cooked gently to make this coffee flavored frozen dessert known as a parfait. Serve with lots of sweetened whipped cream and you will have a gourmet summer dessert.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup ground coffee
  
• 1 cup milk
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 3 cups thin cream or half and half
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 1 cup heavy cream
  

Steps

1. Cook gently the coffee and milk for about 20 minutes. The recipe says to scald them. Take care not to scorch the milk and keep the mixture just below a boil.
   
2. Strain the milk mixture and add the sugar, then thin cream (half and half).
   
3. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
   
4. Beat the eggs.
   
5. Add them to the warm milk mixture.
   
6. Cook egg mixture until they have thickened.
   
7. Cool.
   
8. Whip the cream.
   
9. Fold into the custard mixture.
   
10. Freeze.
    
11. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.
    
12. Serves 6.
    

Things You'll Need

• Measuring cups
  
• Saucepan
  
• Mixing bowls
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Make Strawberry Angel Parfait
  
• How to Make a Strawberry Parfait
  
• How to Make Ice Cream
  
• How to Make Butterscotch Parfait
  

Sources and Citations

• The Project Gutenberg EBook of Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  

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