Coffee Custard Charlotte Recipes

COFFEE CUSTARD

Steps:

• Place a roasting pan 3/4 full of hot water in an oven heated to 300 degrees. Brush four 6-ounce custard cups with melted butter. Set aside. Combine the cream, milk, and espresso in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring almost to a simmer. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Whisk together egg yolks, whole egg, sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl. Add a little of the hot milk mixture to the egg mixture, and whisk well. Add the remaining milk mixture, and whisk again to combine well. Strain mixture through a sieve. Pour into the custard cups, and place in water bath in the oven, making sure that the water comes 3/4 of the way up sides of cups. Bake until the custard is set, about 35 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and water bath. Cool for about 20 minutes. Loosen custards with a knife. Invert onto serving dishes; top with chocolate. Alternatively, refrigerate, and turn out when needed.

COFFEE CUSTARDS

Steps:

• In a small skillet, cook ¼ cup of the sugar over moderate heat, stirring with a fork, until it is melted and golden caramel in colour.
• Add ¼ cup water carefully (pour it into the side of the skillet) and simmer the mixture, stirring, until the caramel is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until it is melted.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Scald the milk.
• In a bowl, whisk the yolks and the whole egg with the remaining ¼ cup sugar and add the chocolate mixture, whisking.
• Whisk in the scalded milk in a stream.
• Add the espresso powder, vanilla and a pinch of salt.
• Strain the custard through a fine sieve into another bowl, skim the froth, and divide the custard among six ramekins.
• Put ramekins in a baking pan and add enough hot water to reach one-third up the sides of the ramekins.
• Cover pan tightly with foil.
• Bake custards in the middle of the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until they are just set.
• Let them cool completely, uncovered.
• Chill, covered, for 3 hours before serving (may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled).
• Garnish each custard with a rosette of whipped cream.

COFFEE CUSTARD CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Spray 10-inch-diameter, 3-inch-high, stainless steel bowl with nonstick spray. Line bowl with plastic wrap, allowing 3 inches of plastic to hang over sides.
• Stir 2 cups of boiling water and 2 tablespoons of coffee crystals in medium bowl until crystals dissolve. Refrigerate coffee until cold.
• Quickly dip each ladyfinger into cold coffee to moisten.
• Starting at bottom of prepared bowl, arrange moistened ladyfingers over bowl to line interior completely. Transfer ladyfinger-lined bowl to refrigerator.
• Stir remaining 1/4 cup of water and 1/4 cup of coffee crystals in large bowl until crystals dissolve. Set aside to cool slightly. Add milk and both pudding mixes to cooled coffee.
• Beat until well blended. Set aside for 10 minutes, or until pudding thickens.
• Gently fold whipped topping into thickened pudding.
• Spoon mixture into bowl, covering ladyfingers completely.
• Fold plastic overhang atop pudding to cover. Refrigerate charlotte 8 hours or overnight.
• To Unmold:
• Fold back plastic from atop charlotte.
• Invert large plate or serving platter atop charlotte in bowl. Holding plate and bowl together, invert charlotte onto plate.
• Remove bowl and carefully peel plastic wrap away from charlotte. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and serve.

COFFEE PANCAKES

Steps:

• Mix the instant coffee with 2 tablespoons of boiling water and set aside to cool.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add the sugar and a pinch of salt.
• In separate bowl, use a wooden spoon to beat the egg, yoghurt, milk, butter and coffee until combined. Add to dry ingredients and stir gently to combine.
• Heat a non-stick frypan over medium heat and brush with some of the extra melted butter. Working in batches, add 1 tablespoon of batter to the pan for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the surface, then turn and cook for a further 1 minute or until golden. Cover and keep warm while you repeat with remaining batter, brushing the pan with extra butter as needed.
• Serve the pancakes in stacks with breakfast fruits and extra yoghurt.
• Dust with icing sugar.

SPRING FRUIT CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Zest lemon and set aside.
• Juice lemon and measure out 1 tablespoons.
• In a bowl, combine peaches, blueberries, pie filling, lemon juice, and cinnamon.
• Mix gently.
• Reserve 1 cup of fruit mixture and pour remainder into an 8 x 12 inch oval baking dish, mounding slightly in center.
• In a 1 quart bowl, blend pudding mix, milk, cinnamon, vanilla and egg with a whisk.
• Cut crusts off bread with a serrated knife.
• Dip each bread slice quickly into egg mixture on each side to coat lightly.
• Arrange slices in overlapping circular pattern around edges of dish, on top of fruit, leaving center open.
• Pour any remaining egg mixture over bread.
• Spoon reserved fruit mixture into center opening.
• Bake 23 to 30 minutes, or until edges of bread are a deep golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar (use a shaker or put in a sieve and shake it over).
• Sprinkle lemon zest over top.
• Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.
• NOTE: Three large fresh peaches (1 1/4 lbs.), pitted and cut into 1-inch pieces can be substituted for canned peaches.

FLAN DE CAFE (COFFEE CARAMEL CUSTARD)

Steps:

• In a small, heavy frying pan, heat the 3/4 cup sugar over medium-low heat until it begins to dissolve. Shake the pan slightly, but do not stir, until all the sugar has melted, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat and stir the sugar as it begins to bubble and take on color.
• When the sugar is a dark, caramel color, pour into a 6-cup charlotte mold or souffle dish and quickly turn in all directions, tipping the mold or dish from side to side until the surface -- the bottom -- and about 2 inches up the sides is lightly coated with the caramel. If the caramel thickens before it reaches this point, then heat the mold over a low flame until the caramel runs more smoothly.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Place the milk, salt and remaining 1/2 cup sugar into a heavy saucepan. Bring to a simmer and stir to dissolve sugar. Continue boiling -- being careful the mixture doesn't boil over -- until the milk has reduced by about half a cup, about 20 minutes. Stir in the vanilla extract and coffee powder, and set aside to cool.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and yolks together; when the milk is tepid, stir the eggs into the milk. Pour through a strainer into the prepared mold or dish; set in a hot-water bath and bake in the lower third of the oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until custard is set and a knife comes out clean; cooking times vary with the depth of the mold. Set aside to cool completely before refrigerating; the flan should be served chilled. To unmold, carefully insert a blunt, thin metal spatula around the rim of the custard and gently tip the mold from side to side to see if it is loose. If the caramel on the bottom of the pan has hardened, place in a pan of hot water to loosen and test again. Unmold into a serving dish.

RASPBERRY CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Stir and press raspberries with back of wooden spoon through a strainer set over a bowl (you'll have about 1 1/3 cup puree).
• Add sugar; stir until dissolved.
• Sprinkle gelatin over juice in a medium saucepan.
• Let stand 1 minute.
• Then stir over medium heat until gelatin dissolves.
• Add half the puree; heat until warm.
• Stir into puree in bowl.
• Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, 1 hr or until consistency of unbeaten egg whites.
• Meanwhile lightly coat an 8 or 9" Springform pan with nonstick spray.
• Dust with sugar; shake out excess.
• Lay strips of ladyfingers, rounded sides out, around inside of pan.
• Cover bottom of pan with ladyfingers, flat sides down and trimmed to fit.
• Beat heavy cream in large bowl with mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form.
• Remove 1 cup and reserve.
• Fold remaining whipped cream into raspberry puree until blended.
• Remove 1 cup; reserve.
• Spread remaining raspberry cream evenly in prepared pan.
• Scrape reserved whipped cream into the bowl and fold into reserved raspberry cream until well blended.
• Scrape on top of first mixture; spread carefully into an even layer.
• Cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight at least 4 hours.
• UP TO 1 DAY BEFORE SERVING: Cover top of cake with a layer of raspberries, then remove pan sides.
• Refrigerate until serving.

POTATO CHARLOTTE

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water water for 25 minutes, or until tender. Drain and mash with 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons oil, milk, salt & pepper.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Generously butter 4 large muffin cups (or ramekins) with remaining 4 tablespoons butter.
• Stand fries vertically and firmly pack to line the sides of each muffin cup. Trim tops to even lengths. (Freeze remainder for another meal.).
• Drizzle fries with remaining olive oil.
• Spoon mashed potatoes into center of each muffin cup.
• Bake for 35 minutes. Invert onto serving plates. Garnish with chives.