Cafe Trứng

Café trứng (egg coffee) is a Vietnamese drink prepared with egg yolks, sugar, condensed milk and Robusta coffee.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon ground Vietnamese coffee
• 1 tablespoon condensed milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder (, optional)
• Electric whisk

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Rinse the filter and coffee cup with boiling water.
2. 2Then pour the ground coffee into the filter and gently press the coffee using the back of a spoon to make the surface flat.
3. 3Add 1 oz (30 ml) of boiling water and close the lid to steep for 2 minutes. Then add 1½ oz. (50 ml) of water to the filter and extract the coffee.
4. 4Pour the coffee into a serving cup.
5. 5Place the serving cup in a bowl of hot water at 200 F (90°C) to keep it warm.
6. 6In a small mixing bowl, mix the egg yolks, sugar and condensed milk.
7. 7Using an electric mixer, beat this mixture until obtaining a smooth, homogeneous, very creamy and velvety cream.
8. 8Pour this whipped cream over the coffee in the serving cup.
9. 9Wait 1 minute so that the egg cream is cooked using the hot coffee and the bowl of hot water.
10. 10Sprinkle with a little cocoa powder (optional) before serving.