Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (recommended: Medaglia D'Oro)
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
- 16 to 24 ladyfinger cookies
- 1 (1-ounce) box sugar-free cheesecake flavored instant pudding mix (recommended: Jell-O)
- 1 3/4 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- Cocoa powder, for dusting
Directions
In a shallow bowl, stir espresso powder into 1/3 cup warm water until dissolved. Stir in orange liqueur. Dip ladyfingers into espresso mixture and line the sides of 4 parfait or wine glasses; set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together pudding mix, milk, and orange extract for 2 minutes. Divide pudding mixture among the lady finger-lined glasses. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Dust tops with cocoa powder and serve.
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By elfriede17
on October 18, 2011
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This was a deliscious and easy dessert! I used wine glasses to serve this dessert. For 4 wine glasses I doubled the recipe. Quick dessert with minimal preparation....the best!
By Holly Scofield
Milford, CT
on February 05, 2010
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Saw her make this today and am looking forward to trying this. My husband son and I typically have themed dinner nights, particularly around the first week of the Olympics (good timing where we have a dinner from a different country each night. This will be a perfect quick dessert on Italian night, though I'll leave out the orange flavored alcohol - just another expense in the dish. It'll be a good use up for some instant espresso I have left over from Giada's espresso brownies (another great recipe!. Thanks Sandra - can't wait to try this one!
By amberjoy_9776309
Southern California
on August 25, 2008
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Good idea for a quick and easy dessert. However the amount of alcohol is way too much. I would reduce it by half. I made this recipe just as written except I couldn't find lady fingers so I had to use those little shortcakes you find near the strawberries. I put them in the bottom of ramekins then ladeled the coffee / liquor over them, topped with pudding (I used regular, not sugar-free, and voila. My husband really liked it but agreed the alcohol made it really bitter. Next time I might even used rum instead of the triple sec that I used. There is enough orange flavor in the pudding from the orange extract (that was delicious. I couldn't find cheesecake flavored pudding so I used French Vanilla. Very good. Overall a good idea just cut back on the liquor. If I wanted my throat to burn again I'd just have a shot instead.
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