If you have any product problems or queries, please contact our Customer Relations Team first for expert help and advice :
0845 602 1454 - UK
(01) 4751947 - Ireland
or consult our website - www.krups.co.uk
Recipes
Savour your espresso just as you like it: when you want to relax or to round off a good meal.
Here are a few recipes which you will be able to create with your espresso machine.
. Original espresso
•Take one measuring spoonful of good quality well roasted espresso coffee, and filter it directly into the
If you use good, finely ground espresso coffee, the cup will be crowned by a fine head of froth.
•Add sugar if desired and treat yourself. Original espresso is drunk without milk but plenty of sugar.
. Cappuccino
For a state of the art cappuccino, the ideal quantities are as follows: 1/3 coffee, 1/3 hot milk, 1/3 frothy milk. The quantity of hot milk
+froth obtained should be about double the amount of coffee prepared.
•Use large cups which have been
•Fill them with coffee to the equivalent of one cup of espresso and top up with milk which has been frothed up using the auto cappuc- cino accessory.
•Lastly, sprinkle with drinking chocolate powder.
. Café crème
•Prepare a classic espresso in a large cup.
•Add a cloud of cream to make an espresso with milk.
You can also replace the cream with hot milk.
. Caffe corretto *
•Prepare a cup of espresso in the normal way.
•Then slightly ‘correct’ the taste by adding 1/4 or 1/2 a glass of cognac.
You can also use anisette, grappa, Sambuco, Kirsch or Cointreau for the same effect.
And there must be countless other possibilities for «enriching» an espresso. Let your imagina- tion run wild.
. Coffee Liqueur *
•Mix in an empty 0.75 litre bottle: 3 cups of espresso, 250 g brown cane sugar, 1/2 litre cognac or Kirsch.
•Leave the mixture to soak for at least 2 weeks.
You will then have a delicious liqueur, especially for coffee lovers.
. Iced coffee à l’italienne
4 vanilla ice cubes, 2 cups of cold sugared espresso, 1/8 litre milk, fresh cream, grated chocolate.
•Mix the cold espresso with milk.
•Distribute the ice cubes among the glasses, pour the coffee over them and decorate with fresh cream and grated chocolate.
. Friesian coffee *
•Add a small glass of rum to a sugared cup of espresso.
•Decorate with a good layer of fresh cream and serve.
. Espresso flambé*
2 cups of espresso, 2 small glasses of cognac,
2 teaspoonfuls of brown sugar, fresh cream.
•Pour the cognac into
•Add sugar, mix, pour the coffee and decorate with fresh cream.
If you like, the espresso can also be diluted with a little boiling water.
. Perfect espresso *
2 cups of espresso, 6 egg yolks, 200g sugar, 1/8 litre sugared fresh cream, 1 small glass of orange liqueur.
•Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until it forms a thick foamy mass.
20 
