Cooking With Coffee – Some Ideas
If you love to drink coffee you know how delicious this beverage can be. But coffee makes its way too into recipes as diverse as barbecue sauces, coctails, brownies, cookies, ice cream and all manner of candy. The possibilities are endless.
Freshness is essential in any recipe, so it's important to start with fresh ingredients. Buy freshly ground coffee or grind your own and use it right away. If you need brewed coffee for your recipe, use good filtered water and make it just before you prepare your dish.
Here are only some of the many coffee recipes you can try out.
1. Espresso Brownies
Heat a stick and a half of butter, a quarter teaspoon of salt and a cup of sugar in a sauce pan. Add 4 ounces of chopped, semi-sweet chocolate and a teaspoon of vanilla. Stir until well melted. Now add a tablespoon of your favorite finely ground dark-roast or use 2 teaspoons of espresso granules.
Stir until everything is well mixed, then move to a mixing bowl and let cool for a few minutes.
While still warm, fold in 3 eggs and a cup of flour. After pouring the result into a baking pan, bake for 30 minutes and set out to cool. Yum!
2. Coffee Meatloaf Sauce
For preparing the sauce add a tablespoon of instant coffee to a mix of the following ingredients: a half-cup of ketchup, a quarter cup of water, a quarter cup of your favorite dry red wine and an equal amount of Worcestershire sauce. Complete the mix with 1 ounce of margarine, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, some brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Let the meat cook for 30 minutes, add the sauce and let bake 45 minutes more at 190C - 375F.
3. Black Russian Cake
For this recipe select a favorite dark chocolate cake mix and add a cup of vegetable oil, a package of instant chocolate pudding, four eggs, and a half cup of creme de cacao. Now add a cup of your favorite Russian coffee. (1 oz vodka, 1/2 oz Kahlua, 5 oz hot black coffee.)
Beat until smooth and pour into a tube pan, then bake 45 minutes at 350F (177C).
4. Coffee Syrup
For making your own coffee syrup, just mix a cup of double strength Colombian coffee with a cup of sugar. Boil the mixture in a saucepan and stir constantly to keep the sugar dissolved. Lower the heat and simmer for 3 minutes, stirring often. Then cool.
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