Coffee Recipes

Serves 1
* 1 large brandy snifter, preheated
* 10 ounces medium roast brewed coffee
* 1 1/2 jiggers Amaretto liqueur
* 1/4 cup lightly whipped coffee
* 1/2 teaspoon toasted, sliced almonds (optional)

1) Pour hot coffee in the heated brandy snifter
2) Stir in the liqueur.
3) Top with whipped cream and almonds, if desired.

3 cups strong coffee, chilled
1 cup half & half
4 scoops coffee ice cream
3/4 cup club soda
1 tbs sugar
Whipped cream

Mix coffee, sugar and half & half. Fill 4 tall glasses about halfway. Add 1 scoop of ice cream to each, then fill up with soda. Top with whipped cream.

This coffee shake is a thick and chilly delight, flavoured with coffee and chocolate.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup coffee, strong and cold
1 cup cold milk
10 ice cubes
1/3 pkg of instant pudding mix (chocolate)
2 tbs cocoa powder
Hazelnut creamer, to taste
Sugar, to taste

PREPARATION:

Combine everything in a blender, and blend until ice is crushed and shake is thick

This drink can also have the added punch of two tablespoons of your favorite tequila, but be prepared for the results: the drink quickly "goes to your head."

Serves 1
* 1 large brandy snifter, preheated
* 10 ounces medium roast brewed coffee (a Mexican or Guatemalan works well)
* 1 1/2 jiggers Kahlua liqueur
* 1/4 cup lightly whipped coffee
* dash of each of ground cinnamon and cocoa powder
Pour hot coffee in the heated brandy snifter and stir in the liqueur. Top with whipped cream, cinnamon and cocoa powder.

• Serves 1
• 2 shots espresso, 1 hot and 1 cold
• 2/3 cup frozen yogurt, vanilla
• 1 banana
• 1/4 cup coconut cream
• 3 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tbs peanut butter, crunchy
• 1-5 strips of dried mango, chopped
• 2 Brazil nuts, chopped
• 1/2 tsp coconut, shredded

Mix the brown sugar into the hot shot of espresso, and let cool. Blend everything except fruit and nuts, in a blender until smooth. Stir in the chopped mango and nuts. Top with coconut.

What to do when you're nowhere near one of those trendy coffee bars? Whip up one of these at home! As with all smothies, you can whirl in a few ice cubes to make your drink frostier and thicker as well.

Whirl all ingredients together in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately.

• Serves 2
• 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee or 1 shot espresso
• 1 tsp. instant coffee or espresso powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup frozen vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or 2 T chocolate syprup (for mocha)

• Serves 4
• 6 eggs, separated
• 1 C sugar
• 1 C very strong coffee
• 1 1/2 oz. unflavored gelatin powder
• 1/3 C Irish whiskey or Irish Mist liqueur
• 2 1/4 C whipping cream, divided
• 1/4 C crushed walnuts

Beat egg yolks with the sugar until thick.

Heat the coffee until hot but not boiling: add the gelatin and dissolve it in the coffee. Mix this mixture into the yolks and sugar. Place in a double boiler (or in a stainless stell bowl suspended over boiling water). Continue beating until mixture begins to thicken, about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat, and when the bowl has cooled a little, place it over cracked ice and continue stirring. Beat 1 1/4 cups cream. When pudding mixture has cooled and is on the point of setting, fold in cream. Stir in the the whiskey or Irish Mist. Lastly, fold in the well-beaten egg whites. Pour into a soufflé dish that has a double thickness of parchment paper tied around it: the paper should come up 3 inches above the top of the soufflé dish. Oil a jam-jar or bottle and press it down into the center of the pudding, this will leave a well that will later be filled.

Chill for several hours to set. Remove the paper collar by easing around the circumference with a knife dipped in hot water. Carefully remove the jar or bottle, and fill the center with 1 cup sweetened whipped, cream. Decorate the exposed sides of the pudding with crushed walnuts, pressed on with the palm of your hand.

• 4 Servings
• 1 1/2 cups strong coffee
• 4 teaspoons chocolate syrup
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

1. Put 1 teaspoon of chocolate syrup into each cup
2. Mix Whipping cream, 1/4 teaspoon of the cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar.
3. Whip until you have soft peaks
4. Place the last 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon into coffee, and stir
5. Pour coffee into cups, stir to mix in chocolate syrup
6. Top with whipped cream mixture.