Cafe Diablo Recipes

CAFE DIABLO

Steps:

• Heat water, brown sugar, chocolate, cloves, and cinnamon to boiling in 3-quart saucepan; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in coffee. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Strain coffee through 4 thicknesses of cheesecloth.
• Keep hot in saucepan after straining.
• Heat brandy just until warm in small, long-handled saucepan.
• Remove from heat; ignite. Pour flaming brandy over coffee. Allow flame to burn out; stir.
• Pour coffee into cups or mugs.
• Top each with whipped cream and 1 Tbsp liqueur.
• Garnish with cinnamon stick, if desired.

CAFE BRULOT (CAFé BRûLOT DIABOLIQUE)

Steps:

• Using a grinder or mortar and pestle, grind together orange and lemon zests, spices, pecans, and sugar until finely powdered.
• Transfer ground nut/spice mixture to brulot bowl or chafing dish or large saucepan.
• Place dish directly over heat source with the flame on low; add Cognac and liqueur.
• Just as liquid starts to simmer, half fill a metal ladle with the liquid and ignite (I use a long grill lighter to do this and keep a lid for the pan handy: it can be a bit intimidating once the whole thing is ignited; if the flames get to high for you to handle, you can just put the lid on the pan and the flame will go out and you can try again).
• Return flaming liquid to dish to ignite the rest, and stir until sugar dissolves.
• As flame begins to subside, slowly stir in coffee.
• Ladle coffee into brulot cups or coffee cups, and serve hot.
• Can also be served cold for a fancy iced coffee cocktail (coffee ice-cubes work the best, so the drink isn't diluted as the ice melts); shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and serve in champagne glasses.