Let's Get Cooking and Baking with Coffee
Sweet and Savory Recipes for Caffeine- Lovers Everywhere!
BY
Christina Tosch
Copyright 2021 Christina Tosch
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Table of Contents
Introduction
What do Red Hot Chili Peppers, Humble Pie, Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, Blur, Johnny Cash, and Frank Sinatra all have in common? They all sang about coffee, of course!
If coffee is your favorite go-to beverage of choice, here is some more coffee trivia for all caffeine-lovers out there.
Brazil produces around 30 percent of the world's
The Fins consume the most coffee worldwide.
Coffee contains antioxidants that can help protect against diseases. So the good news is, consumed responsibly; it's good for you!
National Coffee Day takes place every year on September 29 th . A great way to celebrate this day is by cooking and baking with coffee.
The only coffee-growing state in the USA is Hawaii.
In 1511 Mecca banned coffee, believing it to stimulate idleness and radical thinking.
Adding coffee to your cooking will give it an earthy flavor and works particularly well in sauce, syrup, and marinade
The most expensive coffee in the world is Black Ivory It's produced from the partially-digested coffee cherries eaten and pooped out by Thai elephants!
From chili to cupcakes, and polenta to pudding and pasta, cooking and baking with coffee is a great way to perk up sweet and savory recipes.
Breakfast and Brunch
Cappuccino French Toast with Coffee Cream
When the weekend comes around, spoil your family with this gourmet-style French toast topped with indulgent coffee cream.
Servings: 4
Total Time: 40mins
Ingredients:
2 tbsp coffee powder
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup almond milk
4 eggs
8 thickly-cut bread slices (halved to yield 16 half-slices, divided)
cup dark or milk chocolate chips (divided)
Butter (to grease)
Coffee Cream:
cup reduced-fat thickened whipping cream
tsp coffee powder
1 tbsp powdered sugar
Cocoa powder (to dust, optional)
Directions:
First, prepare the French toast. In a jug, whisk the coffee, sugar, and almond milk.
Add the eggs, and whisk to combine.
Transfer the mixture to a 9x13" shallow dish.
Place 8 half-slices of bread on top of the egg mixture.
Scatter half of the chocolate chips over the top of the bread, and top with the remaining half-slices of bread to create sandwiches. Soak the sandwiches in the egg mixture for 5 minutes. Flip the bread over and soak for another 5 minutes.
Preheat a lightly buttered skillet or griddle,
When hot, in batches, cook the sandwiches until browned on both sides, cooked through, and the chocolate chips melted.
In the meantime, prepare the coffee cream. In a bowl, at moderate to high speed, beat the cream, coffee, and powdered sugar, until the mixture starts to thicken. Continue to beat to create whipped cream.
To serve, spoon the coffee cream over the French toast, sprinkle with cocoa and serve.
Cook's Note: If serving as a dessert or sweet treat rather than at breakfast or brunch, consider serving with a dollop of coffee flavor ice cream!
Cheddar Polenta with Sausage and Red Eye Gravy
The coffee-infused gravy is the star of the show for this savory brunch recipe to share.
Servings: 4
Total Time: N/A*
Ingredients:
Polenta:
Sausages and gravy:
Directions:
For the polenta, which you can make the night before it is needed.
In a pan, heat the olive oil. Add the water and salt and bring to a boil.
Stream in the polenta while continually stirring, and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down while stirring, and simmer for approximately 12 minutes, or until creamy. Toss in the scallions and grated Cheddar.
Using parchment paper, line a sheet pan. Brush oil all over the sheet pan.
Spread the polenta out over the pan to a thickness of around ". Allow the polenta to cool and cut out your preferred shapes using a cookie cutter.
To assemble the breakfast: In a large frying pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter.
Saut the polenta shapes until crisp on both sides.
Transfer 2 polenta shapes to each plate and keep warm in the oven.
In the same frying pan, cook the sausage patties until cooked through and browned all over.
Using a spatula, place 1 sausage on top of the polenta on each plate and return to the oven.