What a delight this coffee mousse with water: a light version of the famous bar cream, but homemade and with only 3 ingredients. If you’ve tried my coffee cream, quick and without cream, then you can’t miss this version. Both are light, easy, and quick to prepare for when you have that sudden craving for a light dessert that can also be served when you have last-minute guests. The important thing to prepare this mousse is to have very cold water available. A crucial detail to obtain a fluffy and frothy cream like the one from the bar. Besides very cold water, you will obviously need electric whisks and 10 minutes to prepare this delicious cream. Now, follow me in the kitchen, because the coffee mousse with water will be ready in a click!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6 people
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer
- Energy 110.86 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 28.84 (g) of which sugars 26.06 (g)
- Proteins 0.52 (g)
- Fat 0.11 (g) of which saturated 0.05 (g)of which unsaturated 0.03 (g)
- Fibers 0.18 (g)
- Sodium 2.91 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 51 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 7/8 cup water (very cold)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tbsps instant coffee
- unsweetened cocoa powder (as needed)
- coffee beans (as needed)
Tools
- Mixer
- Bowl
- 6 Glasses
Steps
For the preparation of the coffee mousse with water, it is very important that the water is very cold, so I recommend placing the necessary amount of water in the refrigerator for a few hours. Then, put the sugar, instant coffee, which can also be decaffeinated, and the water in a bowl and start mixing with the electric whisks at maximum speed for at least 10 minutes. You need to obtain a fluffy cream, and you will notice it is well whipped when there is no more liquid part at the bottom of the bowl. Also, the color will change, as the cream will become very light.
When the coffee cream with water is well whipped, transfer it into glasses and decorate with unsweetened cocoa and coffee beans before serving.
Variations and tips
The coffee mousse is best consumed immediately while very cold, as it tends to deflate very quickly. Alternatively, you can store it in the glasses in the freezer for up to 24 hours. You can also keep it in the fridge in a container for up to a day and whip it again before serving.
To prepare this dessert and obtain this result, it is necessary to use very cold water and instant coffee.
