Coffee walnut whips recipe on Sweets Made Simple with Kitty Hope and Mark Greenwood

Kitty Hope and Mark Greenwood makes coffee walnut whips on Sweets Made Simple.

The duo says: “When tempering the chocolate, don’t let the bowl touch the water or the chocolate will burn and don’t let any water into the chocolate or the chocolate will seize.”

The ingredients are: 350g milk chocolate (Set aside 50g of the chocolate), chopped, 2 tbsp coffee essence, ½ tbsp soft light brown sugar and 11 walnuts.

To make the sweets, temper the chocolate by melting in a bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water.

Continue to heat the chocolate until it measures 42C on a chocolate thermometer. Then take it off the heat and let it cool to 31C.

Use a clean, grease-free brush or teaspoon to coat and line each of the fluted cups in the mould with the chocolate. Do this quickly or the chocolate will start to set and would be too thick to work with.

Use a spatula to scrape away any chocolate from the top of the mould. Save any chocolate that you haven’t used to use again later.

Put the moulds in the fridge to set for around 20 minutes.

To make the filling, put the coffee essence in a measuring jug and add enough cold water to make it up to 50ml.

Pour into a pan, add the sugar and bring to the boil. Simmer for one minute then put the reserved 50g of milk chocolate in a bowl. Add the coffee liquid and stir to help the chocolate melt, then leave until cold. Leave it to thicken up in the fridge for an hour or so before filling the moulds.

Take the moulds out of the fridge. Spoon the chocolate and coffee mixture into the moulds and leave to set overnight.

To seal the walnut whips, temper the remaining milk chocolate, using up any chocolate leftover from earlier.

Using a teaspoon, spoon the chocolate over the filling to cover. Top each with a walnut. Chill for at least 30 minutes until set, then carefully upturn the mould onto a board to release the walnut whips.