Burning Flame Cafe Recipe

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Burning Flame Cafe Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

10 5 15

Ingredients

1-1/2 teaspoons butter
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash each ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
4 orange peel strips (1 to 3 inches)
3 ounces Cognac or brandy
2 cups strong brewed coffee
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
Cinnamon sticks and sweetened whipped cream, optional

Directions

In a small skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in the vanilla, spices and orange peel. Remove from the heat; add Cognac. Return pan to the heat and carefully ignite Cognac mixture.
Slowly pour brewed coffee over flames to extinguish. Discard orange peel; stir in brown sugar until blended. Ladle into mugs. Serve immediately with cinnamon sticks and whipped cream if desired. Yield: 2 servings.

Editor's Note: Keep liquor bottles and other flammables at a safe distance when preparing this beverage. We do not recommend using a nonstick skillet.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without whipped cream) equals 153 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 27 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Burning Flame Cafe in Fresh Home Winter 2011, p98