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Café
Brulot
1
cup brandy
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
½ teaspoon grated lemon peel
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6
whole cloves whole allspice
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups double-strength coffee |
Have
ready a heatproof serving bowl.
Heat the
brandy, sugar, orange and lemon peel, cloves, allspice, cinnamon
stick and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium over medium heat.
Do not
boil.
When brandy
mixture is hot, pour into the heatproof serving bowl.
Darken
the room, and carefully ignite brandy (for safety's sake, you might
prefer to ignite a metal ladle of the brandy mixture and add this
to the serving bowl).
Let the
brandy burn for 60 seconds.
Slowly
pour hot coffee into the flaming brandy. Stir mixture.
Yield:
Serves 6
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