thạch cà phê sữa đá / sweet vietnamese coffee jello recipe

Cà phê sữa đá is basically jet fuel with sweetened condensed milk. Big on flavor, caffeine and sweet. Decidedly Vietnamese for sure.  Cảm ơn / thank you / to Amy at thatwinsomegirl.blogspot.com for posting her recipe. She had way prettier cubes than I did but the flavor is spot on.  I topped mine with sliced almonds, cocoa nibs and a dusty of cocoa powder for looks a little mocha nod.  Served up in single spots, they were great for sweet ending for a meal and I might have had some for breakfast too.

Hints:

• Do not hold back on brewing strong coffee or making a lot of espresso shots.
• Three packs of gelatin is the correct amount and not too stiff.
• I  used Starbuck’s via packets 4 per 1 cup of water.
• On double batches: I did try  doubling the recipe, but actually do not recommend it for this recipe. First, this is pretty rich gelatin, two, I grew weary of stirring to get the heavier sweetened condense milk and gelatin dissolved and it did not seem to set as firm as the original batch size.

Other Vietnamese Dessert Recipes:

• chè đậu gừng / gingery sweet beans
• bánh chuối nướng / banana cake