1/30/14

Coffee cocktails & star biscuits

 Coffee cocktails & star biscuits

 

Ingredients

For the star biscuits

  • 200g soft butter
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 280g plain flour, plus a little extra for rolling

For the cocktails (per person)

  • 50ml strong coffee, cooled
  • 1 tbsp KahlĂșa
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • cocoa powder, for dusting 
    Prep: 20 mins Cook: 15 mins
    Easy
    Makes 40 biscuits

    Method

    1. Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour – you might need to get your hands in at the end. Tip onto a floured surface and bring together into a smooth dough.
    2. Roll out the dough – half at a time if you like – and stamp out 5-6cm stars. Keep re-rolling trimmings, and you should get about 40 biscuits. Cut out a thin triangle about 2cm long and ½cm wide at one of the indents of each star. Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
    3. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Remove cling film and bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until golden. Cool, then dust with icing sugar. The cooked biscuits can be frozen for up to 3 months.
    4. Mix the coffee and KahlĂșa in a Martini glass. Slowly pour in the double cream over the back of a teaspoon so that it gently settles on the top of the coffee. Dust with a little cocoa and serve with a star biscuit slotted onto the glass and a plateful of Mint chocolate truffles, if you like (see 'Goes well with').