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Coffee Blanc-mange in Aspic, a la Teckla

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Ingredients 10 ingredients

  1. one tablespoon cornstarch
  2. one tablespoon brandy
  3. five tablespoons sugar
  4. Lemon
  5. Water
  6. Salt
  7. one and a half cups whipped cream
  8. Dip
  9. Aspic
  10. One cup strong coffee
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. One cup strong coffee, one tablespoon brandy, one tablespoon cornstarch, five tablespoons sugar, one and a half cups whipped cream, six tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine.
  2. Put coffee on the stove, thicken with one tablespoon cornstarch, adding sugar, brandy, and the pinch salt.
  3. When thickened, stir in a saucepan on ice, adding gelatine;
  4. stir until cold.
  5. When beginning to thicken, add the whipped cream.
  6. In the meantime, glaze a fancy ring mould with lemon aspic, decorate with different colored creams containing some gelatine, glaze with lemon aspic, drip about half inch coffee aspic on top, fill carefully, and then fill with coffee aspic around and on the top.
  7. Leave on the ice until ready to serve.
  8. Dip in warm water, turn out on a paper doily, garnish with balls of spun sugar around.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon