a thank you note & recipe for coffee jelly

Months ago from now, received the loveliest email from a reader of {chasing sofia crumbs}. And because it was the very first email, and because it had been hard to believe that there were any readers at all up until then, it is a special memory; one of the fondest moments ever since starting this blog.

Time has flown by since, but all the while had been thinking of posting something special to thank this lovely reader for her kindness. Ideas came and went, and recipes were tried, but in the end, realized that this simple and flavorful coffee jelly would be perfect, especially with the holiday season right around the corner.

This dessert is a common and much loved dessert in Japan, but have rarely seen it served elsewhere. It is perfect for those of you who are addicted to coffee, and also perfect for hot summer days, but as mentioned above, it would be perfectly refreshing to serve during or after the festive holiday meals which tend to get as heavy as they are merry.
Coffee jelly is also extremely easy to veganize, which was discovered while doing a little online research. For those of you interested, this video is highly recommended.


♥♥♥
TO A,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE KIND WORDS AND SO VERY SORRY FOR THE LATE LATE POST. LOVE THAT WE BOTH LOVE COFFEE, AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS RECIPE AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED TWEAKING IT. XO

* NOTE
To make the recipe as easy as possible instant coffee is used here, but for those of you who are serious about your coffee, just use 400ml of strong coffee (espresso is too strong) instead of the water and instant coffee.


p.s. a short video after the jump . . . *


* { coffee jelly }
— コーヒーゼリーのレシピは以下 :

les glaces et sorbets | coffee ice cream

At home, at kitchen table. Every morning, a cup of coffee is savored to start the day off, but will admit in a heartbeat that am in no way a coffee snob. Have no idea about the different aromas nor the art of brewing, and the kind of coffee served in this home is usually instant (!!!) coffee. (Just to save face, it is good quality instant coffee, if there is such a thing in the sacred world of coffee.)

But good or not, a cup is savored every morning, and the thing is, am quite the coffee fan, so was very natural to have started the hunt for a good coffee ice cream recipe after discovering that ice cream can be homemade.
There were literally hundreds of recipes to choose from, but came across Simply Recipes's coffee ice cream and the search was officially over. The recipe calls for whole coffee beans and that sounded promising, even to a total non-coffeesnob. (Not to mention that the original recipe seems to be from Mr. David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop; double points for that, around here.)

The results were well worth the extra effort of straining whole coffee beans (ah, and choosing/buying coffee beans for the first time ever at a shop that stocks more than 30 different kinds of beans; italian roast was the choice); aromatic and richly flavored. Will most definitely be making again, perhaps with different coffee beans to see the difference in taste. (Wish were a coffee expert now more than ever.)
All in all, best coffee ice cream have ever tasted. Now, if only could find the perfect ice cream cone recipe . . . *

p.s. Highly recommend serving in waffle cones (the ones pictures above are store-bought), and with a dusting of cocoa powder . . . *

* { coffee ice cream adapted from : simply recipes — coffee ice cream }
— コーヒーアイスクリームのレシピは以下 :

the breakfast club | {chez lui}

{ thursday 7:45 a.m. }
overcast summer morning with pastries from chez lui . . .

. . . happy first day of august — it's summertime, summertime *

{ the bakery }
chez lui
23-2 sarugakucho, shibuya-ku, tokyo

photography № 2 | tartelettes from viron

. . . tartelettes are favored for breakfast around here *


{ the patisserie/boulangerie }
viron
33-8 udagawa-cho, shibuya-ku, tokyo

the breakfast club | {gontran cherrier tokyo}

{ thursday 7:05 a.m. }

{ the bakery }
gontran cherrier tokyo
bc salon 1-2f
1-14-11 shibuya, shibuya-ku, tokyo

the breakfast club | {l'atelier du pain}

{ monday 6:45 a.m. }

{ the bakery }
l'atelier du pain  boulangerie pâtisserie
21 roppongi bldg 2f
6-1-12 roppongi, minato-ku, tokyo

the breakfast club | tuesday morning

{ tuesday 7:00 a.m. }
croissants, couronne aux canneberges (or cranberry crowns!), escargot aux raisins, a baguette, and cups of strong coffee . . .

happy tuesday . . . *