Few ingredients, few minutes and some colour. For those who don’t want to give up espresso, that’s what you need to prepare simple cocktails. Here are some recipes by Marco Poidomani, where coffee is undisputed protagonist. One expedient: serve with a smile.
Hidden Violets
Preparation:
Make an espresso and whip it with the mixer until foamy. Whip the cream separately. Pour the violet cream into the bottom of a Martini bowl, adding the espresso foam and then the whipped cream, being careful to pour it only to one side, in order to obtain the result shown in the picture. Decorate the surface with a sprinkle of cocoa powder, a cherry and two coffee leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 whipped espresso
- 1 oz cream
- 1 oz violet cream
To decorate:
- cocoa powder
- 1 candied cherry
- 2 coffee leaves
Hug 4 you
Preparation:
Make an espresso. Mash the banana with a fork or with the help of an electric mixer until you get a pulpy substance. Pour the chocolate into the bottom of the small cup, followed by the banana pulp and finally pour the espresso on top of it. Cut a piece of banana, dunk it into the chocolate and then place it on the granulated almonds by covering it completely. Decorate with whipped cream, a sprinkle of cinnamon and the previously prepared round-cut banana.
Ingredients
- 1 espresso
- 1/2 oz mashed banana
- 1 oz pure chocolate 80%
To decorate:
- 1 knob of whipped cream
- powdered cinnamon
- a piece of round-cut banana
- chocolate
- granulated almonds
Summer’s Desire
Preparation:
Make an espresso. Mash the banana with a fork or with the help of an electric mixer until you get a pulpy substance. Mix ice, smashed banana and almond milk with the blender. Pour the pure chocolate into the bottom the of the Margarita bowl, followed by the blender content and finally the espresso. Decorate with the previously prepared dolphin-banana half (see picture).
Ingredients
- 1 espresso
- 1 oz di mashed banana
- 2 oz di almond milk
- ice
To decorate:
- pure chocolate
- 1/2 banana
- 1 candied cherry
- two leaves of a pineapple tuft
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