Cappuccino Freddo is one of my addictions. I first heard of this coffee while in Greece. They served it literally everywhere as it is tourist's favourite. Locals' not so much, they tend to drink too much Frappe to have any room left for this gorgeous baby. Anyway. So I fell in love and I tried to reproduce the taste I've remembered. I've been enjoying it for quite some time now, often enriching it with Amaretto liqueur, but today I reckoned it'd go great with the leftover Cherry - Amaretto Sweet Rolls. And so I had one. And so I'm sharing. If you don't know it by now - it's a must make.
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Cappuccino Freddo basically consists of a shot of sweet espresso and plenty of frothed cold milk. Which is much like the regular Cappuccino, just iced - after all that is what the name stands for. However the regular full fat milk you can get here just doesn't cut it. The closest I got to my "original" taste of Greek Freddo, was by combining milk with some mild half cream, 12% fat. I believe you would obtain much the same result by using unsweetened condensed milk, about 7% fat - but this remains to be proven yet.
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- 15 ml amaretto
- shot of espresso (30 ml)
- full fat milk or unsweetened concentrated milk
- half cream (optional)
- ice cubes
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Let's start with a shot of espresso. It's best if you can prepare your espresso the right way, which is using the espresso machine, the one that uses pressure to brew your coffee. If you can't, just prepare an extra dark coffee the traditional way or simply mix two teaspoons instant coffee with your Amaretto shot - this will work too.
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Sweeten the espresso if you like and let cool completely. You can prepare more of it and just keep in the refrigerator. You can even turn portions of your espresso into ice cubes.
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Mix in Amaretto liqueur, pour in a tall glass. Add a couple of ice cubes.
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Gently fill with cold milk (yeah, you will probably want to mix it anyway before drinking, but it just looks better when the layers of colour are visible) up to about 3/4.
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Top up with frothed cream. That's right - frothed, not whipped. I doubt you could whip half and half anyway but just in case you wanted to try - don't, frothy is the way it's supposed to be.
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If you decide to use condensed milk, skip the regular full fat milk, froth the condensed milk and gently fill the the glass all the way up.
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Serve right away.
Source: http://poserbaby.com/recipes/177/cappuccino-freddo-amaretto
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