This is the last November Tuesday with Dorie - Baking Chez Moi, and I have made both recipes for this month. I paired the Caramelized-Coffee Bean Pots de Crème with the Croquets, following Dorie's suggestion to pair the pots de crème with cookies.
The Caramelized-Coffee Bean Pots de Crème called for crushed coffee beans to infuse the custard. I didn't have coffee beans, so I just used instant coffee. It seemed to work just fine.
I served the pots de crème with vanilla icecream as well as the croquets:
The second recipe was for Croquets, biscuits made from egg whites, flour, almonds and sugar. The ingredients are mixed together, formed into logs, baked and sliced:
The resulting cookies are crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and quite sweet. They were a good match for the slightly bitter coffee pots de crème.
To see what the others made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
Mercy, love your baking! You always have such good things and I wish I were the good neighbor next door!
ReplyDeleteWow you got such a dark colour with the instant coffee - did you caramelize that or just infuse the custard? Looks good with the croquets!
ReplyDeleteI did caramelise the coffee - I think I used too much for the quantity of custard (I only made a third of the recipe). I like coffee though, so it was all good!
DeleteMy God, this sounds delicious. My husband doesn't like coffee, so I rarely make any coffee flavored desserts, but I think I'm going to make this just for myself.
ReplyDeleteDo it!
DeleteOh those croquets looks so beautiful, like a big biscotti but softer. I definitely have to bake some of these and paired with the coffee is just a perfect dessert.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought you made chocolate since they were so dark. It was nice to make these together since the eggs get split up between the recipes. I liked both of these too.
ReplyDeletePairing the croquets with pots de creme is a nice touch! I didn't have time to bake the croquets and wish I'd made them when I made my pots de creme.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow, doesn't that look good! I really like that you used ice cream instead of whipped cream....a great combination.
ReplyDeleteDorie does pots of creme so well. And you do, too!! These would be a hit with my two coffee-loving sons :)
ReplyDeletegreat idea to pair these together!!
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by the cookies. I don't think I've ever tried them before!
ReplyDeleteDear Gaye, what a lovely pairing - those white and elegant looking Croquets with the almonds and the deep, dark delicious sounding Coffee Pôts de Crème. These look just fabulous together!
ReplyDeletethis all sounds so delightful. yummo to the biscuits and to the pots de creme. delish!
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