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Coffee Cream

A chilled coffee-infused cream beverage made with milk, cream, sugar, salt, roasted coffee, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Coffee Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the base

  1. Boil the cream and milk together.

  2. Add sugar and salt.

  3. Roast the coffee until well done.

  4. Add the hot coffee to the cream and cover to infuse until cold.

Set in cups

  1. For cups, add one egg to each cup and mix well.

  2. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.

  3. Place cups in a water bath, cover, and apply gentle heat to prevent steam from entering.

  4. Let cool and protect from dust.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Milk + coffeetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,202 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Cream + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  4. Sugar + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cream + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cream
Adds richness and a smooth, rich body to the finished cream.
Milk
Provides liquid and a softer, lighter texture alongside the cream.
Egg
Sets when gently heated, giving the cream its firm, custard-like structure.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the bitterness of the coffee.
Freshly roasted coffee
Provides the main coffee aroma and flavour as it infuses into the cream.

The step that matters

Gentle heat in the water bath. Egg proteins set when heated, so high heat or steam reaching the cups can make the cream curdle, bubble, or turn grainy. Covering the cups and keeping the heat gentle lets the custard set smoothly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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