Café Con Leche Food

CAFé CON LECHE

Steps:

• Place coffee in bottom of prewarmed French press. Add boiling water, replace lid (without lowering filter), and allow to brew for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place milk in a small saucepan. Bring just to boiling point (the first larger bubble breaking on surface), then reduce heat to barely simmering. Simmer gently for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until coffee is done.
• After the 5 minutes are up, depress plunger on press to strain grounds. Divide coffee evenly between 4 mugs. Add hot milk to each cup in equal amounts to coffee.
• Sweeten to taste. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon, if desired.

CAFE CON LECHE SHAKE

Steps:

• Place espresso, sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, coffee liqueur, and ice cream in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into 2 tall glasses and top with a dollop of whipped cream, a few chocolate covered espresso beans, and chocolate shavings.

CAFE CON LECHE

Steps:

• Bring milk to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Fill large coffee cups halfway with espresso and fill to the top with some of the hot milk. Add sugar, if desired. The ratio of espresso to milk is 1 to 1.;

CAFE CON LECHE FLAN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350; place 8 (6 ounce) custard cups or ramekins in a large baking dish.
• Place sugar, water, and corn syrup in a heavy medium saucepan. Heat over a medium to medium-high heat, swirling saucepan to let sugar dissolve evenly. Continue to cook, without stirring, until the sugar turns a deep caramel in color.
• Immediately remove from heat; pour hot caramel into bottoms of custard cups/ramekins.
• place eggs and egg yolks in a large bowl; beat at medium speed until smooth.
• Add milk, sweetened condensed milk, espresso powder, and cinnamon; beat until throughly blended. Pour evenly into the custard ups/ramekins.
• Add enough hot water into the baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins (water bath); cover with foil.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until custards are set but still quiverly like gelatine.
• Remove from oven; place on wire racks to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, preferably overnight. (Flan can be made up to 2 days in advance).
• To serve: run a knife with a thin blade around the edges to loosen custard from teh sides of the cup. INvert onto serving plates, shaking slightly to release custard and caramel.

CAFé CON LECHE AND CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• For topping:
• Mix all ingredients in bowl. Press down on edges of cheesecake to even. Spoon topping over cheesecake. Bake 10 minutes. Transfer cheesecake to rack. Run small sharp knife around crust sides to loosen. Cool completely. Cover and chill overnight.
• For garnish:
• Dip spoon into melted chocolate. Wave from side to side over cheesecake, creating zigzag lines. Release and remove sides of springform pan. Spoon whipped cream into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream around cake edges. Top with coffee bean candies if desired.
• For crust:
• Finely grind cookies, sugar and espresso powder in processor. Add chocolate and chop finely. Add butter and blend until moist crumbs form. Press crumbs onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides.
• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Combine coffee liqueur and espresso powder in small saucepan. Stir over low heat until coffee dissolves. Mix in vanilla. Add to cheese mixture and beat until smooth. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined. Pour filling into 2 bowls, dividing evenly. Melt chocolate in top of double broiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Stir chocolate into filling in bowl. Pour coffee filling into crust. Bake until partially set and crust forms on filling, about 25 minutes. Carefully spoon chocolate filling over coffee filling. Bake cheesecake until set on edges but center 2 inches still move slightly when pan is shaken, about 30 minutes. Transfer cheesecake to rack and cool 20 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.