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Grams · Guru

Easy capuccino

GaryKelly · Guru

Okay, not quite capuccino, but not bad all the same. There was talk on another thread about a manual capuccino machine that uses no electricity, and is fairly simple to use. But it's expensive. So I suggested the way I make coffee and one bloke thought it was so cool he went to the shop immediately to buy the special ingredient. Ya ready?

Too easy. I just make medium ground coffee in a plunger. While that's brewing for a few minutes, I add half a teaspoon of raw sugar to a mug, and squirt in a liberal amount of pressure-pak cream. You can fill the mug cos the cream is aerated and has little actual body. When the coffee has brewed (about 3 minutes), I pour it over the cream, which dissolves and then forms a creamy, chocolatey foam over the top. Give the contents of the mug a slight stir. What you have is a coffee that looks a bit like a capuccino - sorta, kinda - and tastes pretty damn good. It's also easy and quick to make without buggerizing around with a bunch of gadgets. Caution: the pressure-pak cream is a little on the sweet side, so use a bit less sugar than normal.

I used to whip my own fresh cream, which is totally yummy, but it's a bother, and it doesn't keep all that well. The pressure-pak stuff (although more expensive) keeps well and is no-fuss.

neilnruth · Guru

Sounds good but I think it's only for those who need fattening up! (You are right though - I've always said the pressure pack cream is all froth and bubble!)

vk6tnc · Guru

neilnruth wrote:
Sounds good but I think it's only for those who need fattening up!

In 12 months Gary will be reaching his ideal weight. Everyone else will be looking for diet tips.....

neilnruth · Guru

Yes, I guessed that Chris! He's looking for 'putting on weight' recipes but we've lost the other sort. I felt a bit guilty at all the butter I put in the Anzac biscuits today. In fact it's been so long since I made them I'd nearly forgotten the recipe. They do taste so much better with butter though.

GaryKelly · Guru

Oh yes, butter, butter, butter. Butter on everything as well as in. Butter on plain cake, plain biscuits, hot toast, on mash, on steaming peas... Butter, butter, butter! Did I say butter?

neilnruth · Guru

Ok Ok Gary - just because you can don't upset those of us who shouldn't .....

-- Edited by neilnruth on Tuesday 23rd of April 2013 10:35:00 PM

johnno02 · Veteran Member

GaryKelly wrote:
Oh yes, butter, butter, butter. Butter on everything as well as in. Butter on plain cake, plain biscuits, hot toast, on mash, on steaming peas... Butter, butter, butter! Did I say butter?

Oh,I totally agree Gary

Has to be real Butter too,Not a Substitute,won't eat it on anything

and if you can see any part of the Biscuit top,or cake top

You're not using enough Butter,and has to be hard enough

to slice,not spread,Don't like soft runny Butter Either

John