Cookies called "Coffee beans" are a very tasty and original delicacy. Connoisseurs of coffee will definitely like it. I propose to cook this interesting dessert.
It is necessary
- - instant coffee - 1 tablespoon;
- - fine-grained cottage cheese - 200 g;
- - butter - 200 g;
- - sugar - 150 g;
- - lemon zest - 1 teaspoon;
- - cardamom - a pinch;
- - cognac or brandy - 1 tablespoon;
- - wheat flour of the highest grade - 270-300 g;
- - cocoa - 4 tablespoons;
- - dark chocolate - 50 g.
Instructions
Step 1
Pour a tablespoon of instant coffee with water. Set this liquid aside and let it cool down.
Step 2
Make the curd soft. To do this, rub it several times through a sieve or meat grinder. Then mix with the melted butter. Beat this mixture for 3 minutes, preferably with a mixer. Add cognac or brandy, granulated sugar, lemon zest, as well as cardamom and cooled coffee to a homogeneous mass. Combine wheat flour with cocoa powder, add it to the rest of the ingredients in small portions, stirring continuously.
Step 3
Add dark chocolate chopped with a grater to the resulting coffee mass. Stir well to distribute the chocolate evenly throughout the mixture. Wrap the resulting dough with cling film or put in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 4
Remove the dough from the bag and place it on your work surface. From it, pinch off a small ball, the diameter of which is approximately 2.5 centimeters, and roll it in the shape of a coffee bean, that is, into an oval. Do this with the whole test. This procedure is much faster and easier to do if you wet your palms with water before it.
Step 5
Place the resulting oval figures on a baking sheet covered with parchment. The distance between them must be at least 2 centimeters.
Step 6
Using a wooden skewer, taking both ends of it, press down on the dough ovals. This will make the cookies look like coffee beans.
Step 7
Send the treat to bake in the oven at 185 degrees for about a quarter of an hour. The Coffee Beans Cookies are ready!
