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Recipe: Mocha Trifle

December 2nd, 2006

Dunkin Donuts has published some really, really creative recipes using coffee as a key ingredient! They’re all summed up in this press release; I’m splitting them up into separate posts here at Coffeeopolis to make it easier to navigate through them. They’re not simple recipes, but they sound great!

Mocha Trifle

This trifle combines melted dark chocolates with Dunkin’ Donuts espresso and chunks of chocolate cake or brownies.

8 oz semi-sweet chocolate

4 oz dark chocolate

1/2 cup Dunkin’ Donuts espresso

6 egg yolks

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

1-1/2 tsp cornstarch

2 cups whipping or heavy cream

2 - 3 T confectioner’s sugar

2 of your favorite brownie or chocolate cake squares, cut into large dices and sprinkled with 2 T dark rum

2-3 toffee chocolate bars, coarsely chopped

1 cup whipping cream for garnish

Melt chocolates together over a double boiler or in microwave. Combine espresso, egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch in stainless bowl and whisk until smooth. Place over double boiler and cook, while constantly whisking, until thickened, fluffy and very warm to the touch. Fold in melted chocolate and remove from heat. Allow to cool to room temperature. Fold in whipped cream.

In a trifle bowl, place a layer or mocha mousse in bottom. Next, drop in a layer of brownies or cake. Follow with another layer of mousse. Next sprinkle a layer of half the broken toffee chocolate bars. Add another layer of mousse, followed by another layer of cake or brownies. Finish with remaining mousse. Place in refrigerator to cool. If desired, add additional whipped cream over top. Sprinkle very top with the other half of the broken toffee chocolate bars. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Serves 6

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