Sauce an Cafe

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of raw coffee berries
• half a pint of water
• a dessertspoonful of arrowroot or cornflour
• a small glass of brandy or Kirsch

Method

1. 1

   Roast the coffee berries in a pan over a quick fire till of a chestnut brown colour.

2. 2

   Pound them in a mortar.

3. 3

   Boil the water and pour over the coffee.

4. 4

   Cover, and let it infuse for some minutes.

5. 5

   Strain and sweeten with plain syrup.

6. 6

   Mix the arrowroot or cornflour with the brandy.

7. 7

   Add this to the coffee.

8. 8

   Let simmer five minutes and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sauce an Cafe. — Boast 2 ounces of raw coffee berries in a pan over a quick fire till of a chestnut brown colour. Then pound them in a mortar. Boil half a pint of water and pour over the coffee. Cover, and let it infuse for some minutes. Now strain and sweeten with plain sprup. Mix a dessertspoonful of arrowroot or cornflour with a small glass of brandy or Kirsch

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