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Holiday Spiced Coffee

This is a Holiday Spiced Coffee topped with cream and sprinkles of cinnamon and cocoa.

 

Ingredients

½ cup heavy cream

¼ cup coffee beans

10 crushed cardamom pods

2 star anise

½ quart water

1/3 cup powered sugar

½ cup Kahlua

1/3 brown sugar

1 tbs sweetened cocoa

1 tsp cinnamon powered

Serves 6

Instructions:

Chill the whipping cream, the mixer bowl and the wire mixer attachment.

Mix coffee beans, cardamom, star anise and water in a one-quart pot. Simmer on low until liquid reduces by half.

Whisk the cream with wire attachment on medium to high speed until forms soft peaks, this should take about 1.5 minutes. Add sugar and whisk until forms firm peaks, 2-3 minutes.

Filter coffee to separate the solids. Next mix with the Kahlua and brown sugar. Split equally into 6 cups. Top with of cream. Sprinkle with cinnamon and  cocoa.

 

 

Alternative to Pumpkin Spice Latte

Pumpkin Spice flavored, well, anything has become so ubiquitous with fall the flavor has become the butt of jokes and memes all over social media and pop culture. For some of us, we simply want to try something different however we feel about pumpkin spice coffee drinks.

This one will take a little more effort as it requires a homemade, flavored simple syrup. But don’t fret! Flavor infused simple syrups are easy to make and are easy to adjust to yield as little as about 8ozs to as much as you want to make at once.

Remember, the fresher your spices the better. Old ingredients may require more spices to get the same flavor. The ingredients you’ll need for this fall flavored simple syrup are as follows:

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar

4 whole cloves

4 whole black peppercorns

2 cinnamon sticks

1 whole nutmeg nut

1 whole star anise

1 one inch piece of lemon zest

Use a medium sized saucepan and medium heat. Mix the sugar and water. Add all other ingredients to the sugar and water. Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves and you have a relatively clear liquid. Bring the mixture to a slow simmer for approximately 3-4. Remove from stove top and allow to syrup to come down to room temperature. Some strain out just the zest, anise cloves, and peppercorns. Some strain out all the spices. Store in an airtight container. Simple syrups don’t need to be refrigerated, but it will increase the shelf life. If refrigerated let the syrup warm up a bit before using.

For you’re the latte you’ll need the following

1/2 cup of whole milk

1 tbs fall spice simple syrup

1/3 cup freshly brewed espresso

Ground cinnamon

Star anise (garnish)

To make the latte use a saucepan medium to low heat to warm the milk. Use a wire whisk to briskly stir the milk into foam. Pour brewed espresso into mug and mix in the simple syrup. Pour in the milk, hold back the foam with a spoon. Next, spoon the foam over top.

Optional additions are a sprinkle of cinnamon on top or garnishing with a cinnamon stick or star anise.

Obviously, the simple syrup could be added to any “plain” coffee beverage you want to spice up for fall!

 

Cooking with Tea

Both tea and coffee can be used not only as the basis for some of our favorite beverages but can also be used as ingredients in the food we eat! Here is one interesting recipe. Jasmine glazed pork or chicken.

1 C brewed Jasmine tea
1 tablespoon water
¼ C olive oil
¼ C sugar
2 cloves fresh garlic, pressed or chopped
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Pepper to taste (salt optional)

In small saucepan heat the cup of Jasmine tea. Add sugar and boil until dissolved.
Add garlic and pepper. Simmer.

Put cornstarch in small bowl and mix with 1 tablespoon water to make a paste.
While stirring constantly add paste until glaze reaches desired consistency.
Remove from heat. Add olive oil. Let cool. Add balsamic vinegar. Marinate meat in tea glaze in a covered container.

Another Way to Have Green Tea

We LOVE green tea. An even more yummy and fun way to have it is to eat it. Now I’m sure there are a lot of recipes out there using green tea but we’ve discovered a really good Green Tea Ice Cream from Häagen-Dazs

Now we are very careful of what ice creams we eat because a lot of ice cream has unnecessary junk in it. The ingredients of this ice cream are cream, skim milk, sugar, egg yolks, and green tea. That’s it. The flavor isn’t overpowering. We like it with a little whipped cream on top.

Want to try to make your own? Here is an authentic green tea ice cream recipe. You will need an ice cream churn for this. This recipe does not contain eggs. It uses matcha green tea powder and not the kind of green tea you buy for making your green tea.

Coffee and Cooking: Amish Pot Roast

While coffee is probably one of the most common beverages in our world, presumably being consumed by millions of people every morning, coffee can play more roles than that of a beverage. In fact, coffee is often used as an ingredient in baking and cooking.

One recipe including coffee as an ingredient that has made the rounds on the internet is one called “Amish Pot Roast”. While you are sure to find many variations on this recipe if you search, the recipe found below is standard recipe based on Google’s top hits for “Amish Pot Roast”. It is straight forward and sure to become a family favorite. Especially for anyone who is a “meat and potatoes” person.

Ingredients
• 3-4 lb. beef roast (rump)
• 1 tbsp. oil
• ¼ c. soy sauce
• 1 c. coffee
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 garlic clove minced
• ½ tsp. oregano
• 2 onions, sliced

Instructions
1. Sear roast in 1 tablespoon oil on all sides in heavy Dutch oven.
2. Pour sauce over meat.
3. Put half of onions on meat, the other half in sauce.
4. Cover and roast 4-5 hours at 325 degrees.

Experiment with the amount of coffee. Some recipes call for instant coffee rather than regular grounds. Many people elect to include carrots and potatoes to the recipe so you’ve got a “one pot meal”. You can add these veggies straight to the pan with the roast, though 4-5 hours is a long time for carrots and potatoes. You can also substitute a round or tip roast if you prefer – with the price of beef these days you may want to buy whatever is on sale. Remember that in cooking spices are all “to taste”. If you want a bit more garlic or want to leave out the Bay leaves, go for it! Make the recipe your own.