David’s Kitchen
Irish Coffee
Irish Coffee is at its best when hot coffee, whiskey, sugar and cold cream remain distinct. The cream should float, not disappear into the drink.
The story
The story behind the dish
Irish coffee (Irish: caife Gaelach) is a caffeinated alcoholic drinkconsisting of Irish whiskey, hot coffee and sugar, which has been stirred and topped with cream
The recipe
Mix it properly
Ingredients
- 50 ml Irish Whiskey
- 120 ml Hot coffee
- 50 ml Fresh cream (Chilled)
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
Method
Warm black coffee is poured into a preheated Irish coffee glass.
Whiskey and at least one teaspoon of sugar is added and stirred until dissolved.
Fresh thick chilled cream is carefully poured over the back of a spoon held just above the surface of the coffee.
The layer of cream will float on the coffee without mixing.
Plain sugar can be replaced with sugar syrup
Before you start
David’s notes
For a more luxurious version, replace the Irish whiskey with The Macallan 12. It is not traditional — Macallan is a Scotch whisky — but its richer, rounder character is excellent with coffee and cold cream. It is considerably more expensive, but worth trying once.
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