Summary: Flavor HD's Cocktail Correspondent Todd Appel joins Hannah and Dane to give an easy and awesome Irish Coffee recipe and some other delicious Irish beverages that you can enjoy on St. Patrick’s Day - or any day you'd like a bit of the luck o'the Irish! Here's Todd's blog post & recipes for Crème Fraiche and Irish Coffee: AN IRISH COFFEE FLOATING CREAM DONE EASY (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nKNiux1vKJA/UUYJik1Y5mI/AAAAAAAAAcU/ZOD4XpRlw5k/s320/IMG_7210.jpg) After perusing media and posts and recipes everywhere...and knowing what I want, but not getting close to it (why is that?..there are so many ridiculous and/or just copy pasted recipes on sites all over...another topic coming soon) What I wanted was something more like an English Double Cream, but in lieu of that I decided to do what I thought would work, and maybe even better than most others. Make a sweet Creme Fraiche (krem fresh) instead of a whipped cream. Primary reasons: It is thick, yet pourable. It is easy to make It is cheap to make It keeps in the fridge for at least a week or more It is delicious! To make a creme fraiche for your Irish Coffee Cream you need only a few ingredients and the better part of a day...So this has to be planned a little in advance. But you can make this weekly for use in many other dishes. CREME FRAICHE FOR COFFEE OR FRUIT 8 oz Whipping Cream 1 oz Butter Milk 1.5 oz Rich Simple Syrup (1.5-1 ratio sugar to water) 1/4 tsp vanilla To make Creme Fraiche: In a glass jar add the heavy cream and butter milk. Mix and cover. set aside in a warm spot in the kitchen. Let rest all day or overnight. This starts the culture in the heavy cream and thickens it greatly. But it keeps it's sweet cream aroma and taste that you want. You can mix this up with a spoon and see how thick and silky it is. To this then add the syrup and vanilla and mix and store in fridge. (note, my preference is to not make the cream very sweet. It has a natural sweetness from the cream and the coffee will have sugar in it as well. But sugar in any recipe should always be to your own taste) Top your Irish Coffee, fresh fruit or other coffee with this amazing cream. (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wTEGr3WC7fs/UUYNKvp1N4I/AAAAAAAAAcc/5Bziwk8DFP0/s320/IMG_7207.JPG) Creme Fraiche TIPS: Before topping the Irish Coffee, whip some air into the Creme Fraiche with a spoon or whisk. Not much is needed but the air will make the cream float on your coffee. Also take it out of the fridge well before serving so it is at room temperature before hitting the hot coffee. This will help keep the coffee hot, rather than pouring ice cold cream on top and killing the heat. (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeQQIN-jqdo/UUYNfnBhrYI/AAAAAAAAAck/POk90jur8QQ/s320/IMG_7201.JPG) Demerara Sugar Cubes, Irish Whiskey, Creme Fraiche, Rock Candy Sugar IRISH COFFEE 1.5 oz Jameson Irish Whiskey or your favorite Irish Whiskey 5-6 oz Fresh Brewed Robust Coffee Sugar to taste (I suggest at least 1 teaspoon) 2-3 oz Sweetened Creme Fraiche Add whiskey and sugar to coffee and mix until dissolved. With a spoon or whisk, quickly whip a little air into your Creme Fraiche (10 seconds) and then carefully top your coffee. You could use the back of a spoon to pour the cream over to ease it into the glass or just spoon it in carefully with a large spoon. Whatever size glass you use, adjust the quantities accordingly and always leave an inch or two at the top of the glass to fit your cream into. For other recipes from Todd - you can visit his website at: http://piranhabros.blogspot.com/ (http://piranhabros.blogspot.com/)
