Irish Coffee
This Irish coffee spikes strong coffee with Irish whiskey and sweetens it with confectioners' sugar, cream, and vanilla. The perfect way to start, er, end your day.
Equipment
- A stiff disposition
Ingredients
- 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
- 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, or less to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 ounces Irish whiskey
- 4 cups hot, freshly brewed, strong black coffee
- Granulated sugar, to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks form, 2 to 3 minutes. (Or, if you prefer to work your biceps, you can whisk the cream by hand, but it'll take you quite a lot longer than 2 to 3 minutes.)
- Warm 4 coffee cups or mugs by rinsing them with hot water and drying them.
- Pour 1 1/2 ounces whiskey into each cup or mug. Add 1 cup coffee and sugar to taste to each cup or mug and stir. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and serve immediately. (You may wish to serve the cups of whiskey-laced coffee and pass the sugar and whipped cream on the side so guests can be as abstemious or as indulgent as they like.)
Notes
In-Advance Advice
This is perhaps the easiest after-dinner drink ever. Still, chances are that you’ll be making it when you have a dining room filled with friends, so you may as well make things as easy as possible on yourself. So before your guests arrive, measure the grounds and program your coffeemaker, set out the Irish whiskey and the mugs, and, if you feel like pushing your luck, whip the cream and tuck it in the fridge just before you sit down to dinner. All that’s left for later is warming the mugs and the final assembly—we’re talking 3 minutes at most.Nutrition
Serving: 1coffee | Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 28mg | Sugar: 8g