Festive Variations Confetto Recipes with Nespresso
FOOD & LIFESTYLE
01. Berry, Peach & Orangette Coffee Galette
Ingredients
Crust:
1 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
4 to 6 Tbsp ice water
1 stick of butter cut into cubes
Filling:
4 large yellow or white peaches pitted, thinly sliced
1 cup of blackberries
1 cup of blueberries
3 Tbsp sugar
2 Variations of Confetto Orangette Capsules, extracted as espresso's
1 teaspoon butter
1 egg
A sprinkling of coarse sugar (optional)
Method
1. Make the crust dough: In a food processor, pulse the flour, sugar, and salt, until well mixed. Add the cubed butter and mix. Slowly add the water until dough begins to clump. Put dough on a clean surface and use hands to form into a disc. Sprinkle some flour on all sides, wrap with plastic, and place into the refrigerator to chill for an hour.
2 Toss peaches, berries with sugar and soak in Variations Confetto Orangette Espresso. Let filling marinate in a bowl. Preheat oven to 220°C.
3 Whisk egg: In a small bowl and set aside.
4 Roll out dough: Arrange the peach slices, blackberries and blueberries in the centre of the dough and fold the outer edges of the dough round over the filling in an accordion fashion. Using a pastry brush coast exposed outer dough with egg wash.
5 Bake: Place in the oven and bake at 220°C for 15 minutes, until nicely browned. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet, over a rack, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar to garnish.
Great served with a side of Confetto Orangette espresso.
02. Cherry & Coffee Licorice Pie
Ingredients
Pastry:
1 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
4 to 6 Tbsp ice water
1 stick of butter cut into cubes
Filling:
600g pitted cherries
1 cup of blackberries
1/3 cup of sugar
1 Variations Confetto Orangette Licorice capsule, extracted as a lungo
Melted Butter
Method
1. Make the pastry dough: In a food processor, pulse the flour, sugar, and salt, until well mixed. Add the cubed butter and mix. Slowly add the water until dough begins to clump. Put dough on a clean surface and use hands to form into a disc. Sprinkle some flour on all sides, wrap with plastic, and place into the refrigerator to chill for an hour.
2 Toss cherries, berries with sugar and soak in Variations Confetto Licorice Lungo. Let filling marinate in a bowl. Preheat oven to 220°C.
3. Spoon cooled cherry mixture into pastry. Roll out remaining pastry between 2 sheets baking paper, to form a 20cm-round disc. Cut stars out of the remaining pastry crust with a medium star cookie cutter or just using a knife.
4. Arrange stars on top of the pie. Using a brush, wash over the top of the pie. Brush pastry with melted butter.
5. Bake. Place pie dish on heated tray in oven and bake for 25 minutes at 180°C until pastry is golden. Stand for at least 15 minutes before cutting. Sprinkle icing sugar to garnish
In an attempt to retain the grand, historic public rooms of the 1860s and 1920s - of which the Café Royal was famed for - these Grade II listed spaces have been carefully restored.
I had the pleasure of staying here for two nights - come and see my photo diary and what I got up to.