Irish Coffee Recipes, the original Irish coffee recipe

Irish Coffee Recipes originated in 1942, when the chef of the restaurant at Foynes Airport in County Limerick, Chef Joe Sheridan, served the first Irish Coffee to some passengers.

Foynes at that time was a very busy flying boat airport between Europe and North America.

On one particular night a flight that had left for New York via Newfoundland had to return to Foynes due to bad weather.

Knowing that the passengers would be cold and miserable the chef concocted this recipe for the passengers and of course called it Irish Coffee.

This whiskey based coffee went on to become world famous.

In fact there is now an Irish Coffee Festival in the birthplace of this famous drink, Foynes, County Limerick.

Have to emphasise here that this Irish Coffee Recipe is nothing like a Baileys Irish Cream Coffee or an Irish Mist Coffee although those recipes are elsewhere on this site.

This is the first Irish Coffee.

Now for the best part, the Irish coffee recipe

In a pre-warmed, stemmed glass, place two teaspoons of brown sugarand 2 full lids full of Powers Gold Label Irish Whiskey.

Fill the glass to within 1cm or .5 of an inch with really hot strong Bewleys black coffee. Stir well to dissolve all the sugar then add lightly whipped irish cream so that it floats gently at the top of the glass.

DO NOT STIR AGAIN, but sip the coffee through the cream.

There you have it,the story of the original Irish coffee recipe,how to make Irish coffee and like most beautiful thing it's beauty lies in it's simplicity.

Variation on Irish coffee recipes

Ingredients

4 ounces Butter, at room temperature

4 ounces Granulated sugar

2 Eggs

4 ounces Self-raising flour

2 tablespoons Coffee essence

150 mililiters Strong Black Coffee

4 ounces Sugar (for coffee syrup)

4 tablespoons Irish whiskey

150 mililiters Heavy whipping cream

Confectioners'sugar to taste

1 tablespoon Whiskey, or to taste

Chopped nuts optional Or grated chocolate.

Grease and flour an 8-inch cake pan

(preferably a springform cheesecake pan). Preheat oven to 350F. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, adding a little flour and beating well after each addition. Stir in the coffee essence, and mix thoroughly.

Turn the mixture into the prepared pan, and bake for 35-40 minutes until springy to the touch. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.

To make the Irish coffee syrup, put the coffee and sugar into

a small pan and bring up to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Then boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add the whiskey. . Wash and dry the pan the cake was baked in, and return the cooled cake to it: then pour the hot coffee syrup all over it.

Leave in a cool place for several hours, then turn out.

Whip the cream until it's thick, sweeten slightly with confectioners' sugar, and add whiskey to taste. Spread the cake with the whipped cream and chill for an hour before sprinkling with chopped nuts or grated chocolate.

Irish coffee recipes,Irish coffee cake recipe

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsps instant coffee dissolved in 2 tbsps hot water

2 eggs

Syrup: 2/3 cup strong coffee,1/2 cup sugar,3 tbsps Irish whiskey

Topping

2/3 cup whipped cream,1 heaped tbsp confectioners sugar, 1 tbsp Irish whiskey, chopped hazelnuts

Recipe Instructions

Butter an 8 inch ring pan and coat well with flour

In a bowl cream together the butter and the sugar then add the eggs one at a time

Sift the flour and baking powder and fold in 2/3 of it then add the 2 tbsps strong coffee. Fold in the remainder of the flour

Place in the prepared cake pan and bake in a pre heated oven for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees

Test with a skewer and when done turn out onto a wire rack to cool

To make the syrup heat sugar in coffee until it has all dissolved then boil rapidly for one minute

Remove from the heat and beat in the whiskey

Return the cooled cake to well washed pan and pour the syrup over it. Leave it to soak for several hours

Beat up whipped cream with confectioners sugar and whiskey

Turn the cake out onto a serving plate and decorate with cream and chopped hazelnut



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