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RECIPES
AND WAYS TO SERVE COFFEE
It
goes without saying that black coffee is the first image that springs to
mind when thinking about coffee. However, there an infinite number of ways
to serve coffee apart from espresso, and you can use coffee in many
exquisite recipes. Here are some of the usual -and not so usual- ways of
preparing coffee, as well as a couple of recipes to amaze your guests.
IRISH
COFFEE
SCOTTISH
COFFEE
WHITE COFFEE
CAPUCCINO
COFFEE
VENECIANO
VIENNESE
COFFEE
CARAJILLO
CREPES
WITH COFFEE
COFFEE
CAKE
IRISH
COFFEE
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of whisky,
1/2 cup of black coffee,
1 teaspoon of beaten cream, as much sugar as you like.
Preparation:
Warm up the whisky. Add black coffee and cream and sweeten to your own
taste.
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SCOTTISH
COFFEE
Ingredients:
4 tablespoonfuls of ground coffee,
8 teaspoons of sugar,
3/4 litre of water,
200gr of vanilla ice cream,
4 small measures of whisky.
Preparation:
Make some espresso coffee. Put two spoonfuls of sugar and the whisky
in four previously warmed up glasses. Pour the hot coffee and stir. Add
the vanilla ice cream on top.
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WHITE
COFFEE
Ingredients:
2 cups of milk,
2 cups of hot coffee,
Preparation:
Warm up the milk over a low heat until it boils. Beat it vigorously to
make it frothy. Pour the milk and the coffee in a mug simultaneously.
Serve immediately.
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CAPUCCINO
Ingredients
:
1/2 teaspoon of sugar,
1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 cup of hot espresso,
1/4 teaspoon of sugar-free cocoa.
Preparation:
Mix the sugar and the cocoa In a bowl and then leave the mixture to one
side. Warm up the milk in a saucepan over a low heat, but don't let it
boil. Beat it with a mixer at high speed for a minute until it is frothy.
Pour the espresso in a mug. Pour the frothy milk slowly and gently over
the espresso and crown it with the foam. Sprinkle the mixture of cocoa and
sugar on the foam and serve immediately.
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VENECIAN
COFFEE
Ingredients:
4 spoonfuls of ground coffee,
4 egg yolks,
4 spoonfuls of sugar,
4 teaspoons of grappa.
Preparation:
Make some espresso coffee. Beat the yolks and the sugar together. Add
the coffee and the liquor. Stir and heat in a double boiler until
obtaining a thin and frothy cream. Divide the hot coffee into four cups.
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MEXICAN
COFFEE
Ingredients:
1 l of cold water,
8 whole cloves,
2 chips of cinnamon,
1/4 cup of brown sugar,
1/3 cup of espresso,
1/8 teaspoon of almond extract.
Preparation:
Mix the water, cloves, cinnamon and the sugar in a saucepan. Warm up over
a medium heat until it boils. Let it boil for 15 minutes. Add the coffee
and let it boil for 5 minutes more. Strain the mixture through a fine
linen cloth.
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VIENNESE
COFFEE
Ingredients:
1 cup of thick cream,
4 ounces of semi-sweet
chocolate,
3 cups of fresh, strong hot coffee,
Some orange peel for
decoration,
2 1/2 spoonfuls of honey,
1 spoonful of fresh orange juice.
Preparation:
In an electric mixer, beat 3/4 parts of the thick cream until
it forms firm tips. Mix the rest of the cream, chocolate and orange juice
in a saucepan. Stir constantly and cook over a low heat until the
chocolate melts. Add the mixed coffee and the honey to the mixture. Divide
it into 4 cups. Crown each cup with the beaten cream. Decorate with orange
peel.
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CARAJILLO
Ingredients:
1 cup of strong, hot black coffee,
1 splash of sweet anisette.
Preparation:
Add a splash of sweet anisette to a cup of strong, hot black
coffee. Add as much liquor as you like. Serve immediately.
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CREPES
WITH COFFEE
(For
4 people)
Ingredients:
4 spoonfuls of soluble coffee,
200g of flour,
1/4 g
of cream,
1/4 l of milk,
4 eggs,
2 spoonfuls of sugar,
1 small glasses of
rum, Butter.
Preparation:
Mix the flour, sugar, eggs, milk, rum and 2
teaspoons of soluble coffee in a bowl. Melt some butter (the size of a
walnut) in a frying pan. Add 3 spoonfuls of the mixture and agitate the
frying pan so that the mixture completely covers the bottom. Brown the
crepe on both sides. Place the crepes in a previously warmed dish. Make
some cream with 2 spoonfuls of soluble coffee mixed with the cream. Serve
the crepes with the cream. They are usually eaten rolled up with two
spoonfuls of jam inside.
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COFFEE
CAKE
(For
4 people)
Ingredients for the sponge cake:
3 eggs, 100g of flour, 100g of
sugar, 1 packet of yeast.
Ingredients for the coffee cream:
4 spoonfuls of
ground coffee, 500g of butter, 200g of sugar, 2 egg yolks.
Preparation:
Make a sponge cake using a round mould. Bake it for 25 minutes. Let it
cool and divide into two horizontal halves. Prepare some cream like this:
Make some espresso using only a small cup of water. Let it cool. Mix the 2
yolks with the cold coffee. Beat some butter until it turns into cream.
Add it to the egg and coffee mixture. Beat it briskly. Cover the lower
part of the sponge cake with 1cm of cream. Cover it with the other half of
the sponge cake and add more cream. Smooth and decorate it with some
whipped cream.
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