Thursday, July 10, 2008

Cool coffee goodness....

In another blog, I recently commented about my recipe for homemade kahlua....and it made me thirsty. So I promptly ran home from work and broke out the last remaining bottle of handcrafted tastiness that I have stashed in the corner of my wine rack and had a little nip.

I found this recipe many moons ago in a random book I purchased at a kitchen outlet store in Iowa. This one, along with the recipe it holds for blackberry brandy, are irreplaceable in my culinary repertoir. And, just because I'm the kind of enabler that I am, I'm going to share it with you.....it just makes the yummiest White Russians in the world. Now remember, "garbage in, garbage out". I use nice, high quality espresso powder, top shelf vodka, and my best vanilla for this recipe - it makes all the difference.

Coffee Liqueur
makes about 5 cups

1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar (I prefer dark brown)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups water
1/2 cup instant coffee powder (my preference - Medaglia d'Oro espresso powder)
3 cups vodka
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
10 whole coffee beans

In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugars with the water and bring to a boil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat and simmer until the mixture forms a light syrup, about 5 minutes.

Stir the coffee powder into the syrup with a whisk until they dissolve and the mixture is free of lumps. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool completely.

Stir in the remaining ingredients until smooth. Funnel the mixture into a half-gallon glass bottle (or several smaller bottles, if you plan to gift these, which I often do; drop in the whole coffee beans. Cover tightly. Let mature at least 2 weeks. Strain out coffee beans, if desired.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello-- I'm trying to reach you to request permission to link to your recipe (and share a photo) for our upcoming Handmade Holidays on the Sew,Mama,Sew! blog. I couldn't find your contact information (though it is early!). Would you mind emailing so I can give you the details? We would really like to share it with our readers.

Thank you!
Beth
beth(at)sewmamasew(dot)com

Ty'sMommy said...

Hi Beth, don't know if you got my email or not, but yes! I am flattered, please feel free to link to my blog and share pics. I am glad you enjoyed the recipe!

MLW said...

Can we have the blackberry brancy recipe, too? This looks delicious!
Thanks!
Marta

Anonymous said...

Wow! I came over here from Sew Mama Sew - and thank you for sharing this recipe! I'm drooling!

Jacqui said...

I came from sew mama sew too and I can't wait to try this! Thanks for posting it!

Ty'sMommy said...

Thanks so much, everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I will be posting two additional cordial recipes today - keep an eye out for them!