Coffee cocktails & star biscuits
Give your after-dinner coffee an edge with indulgent cream and Kahlúa
For the star biscuits
- 200g soft butter
- 140g caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 280g plain flourplus a little extra for rolling
For the cocktails (per person)
- 50ml strong coffeecooled
- 1 tbsp Kahlúa
- 2 tbsp double cream
- cocoa powderfor dusting
Nutrition: per biscuit
- kcal78
- fat4g
- saturates3g
- carbs9g
- sugars4g
- fibre0g
- protein1g
- salt0.06glow
Method
step 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.
step 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.
step 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.
step 4
Mix the coffee and Kahlúa 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').