Cappuccino with a Deep Foam Cap
By Joe
Source: BBC Good Food — Kane Statton, Cappuccino.
A cappuccino recipe for 1 serving, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Get started. Make round 35ml espresso using a coffee machine plus tip it in the base of your cup. Steam the milk using the steamer attachment so that it has round 4-6cm of foam on top.
- 2
Step 2. Hold this jug so that the spout is around 3-4cm above the cup plus tip the milk in steadily. As this volume within the cup increases, bring this jug as close in order in order in order to the surface of this drink as possible whilst aiming to tip in the centre.
- 3
Step 3. Tilt the jug in order to speed up the rate of tip once this milk jug is almost touching this surface of the coffee. As you accelerate, this milk will hit the back of the cup plus start naturally folding in on itself in order in order to create a pattern upon the top.
- 4
Finish. Dust the surface using a little cocoa powder if you like.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Low fat: 1.4 g fat per 100 ml (limit ≤ 1.5 g)
- Low sugars: 2.2 g sugars per 100 ml (limit ≤ 2.5 g)
- Low salt: 0.05 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 344 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 85 mg caffeine (serving: 1 cappuccino (double espresso, 40 ml)). Source: 40 ml espresso × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171891 (espresso, 212 mg/100 g).
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 85 mg · 2 servings: 170 mg · 3 servings: 255 mg (above EFSA 200 mg at once) · 4 servings: 340 mg (above EFSA 200 mg at once).
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 21 % of 400 mg. EFSA
0 g per serving
0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 93 kcal |
| Protein | 4.7 g |
| Carbohydrate | 7.5 g |
| of which sugars | 7.5 g |
| of which free sugars | 0 g |
| Fat | 4.9 g |
| of which saturates | 2.8 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.17 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
5.1 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
