Southwestern Recipes
South of the Border Coffee
Ingredients
- 8 cups water
- 1/3 cup or 3 small cones piloncillo (panocha)
- 1/2 ounce baking chocolate, chopped
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 (2-inch piece stick cinnamon
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup regular grind coffee
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat water. Add piloncillo, chocolate, cloves and cinnamon stick. Bring to a full boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
- Stir in coffee or add coffee in a bouquet garni bag for easy removal.
- Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Strain through a double thickness of cheesecloth or, better yet, use a bouquet garni bag for the coffee, then just remove the bag of grounds.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
South of the Border Coffee should be made with the cone-shaped raw sugar called piloncillo, but you may substitute dark brown sugar.