How to make an "Irish Coffee #3"
Ingredients:
- 4 strips oranges peel
- 4 strips lemons peel
- 16 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 pint Irish whiskey
- 3/4 pint strong hot coffee
- powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp whipped cream
How to:
- 1
- Stud the strips of orange and lemon peel with 2 cloves each and place them in a frying pan or chafing dish with the stick of cinnamon and the 2 teaspoons of sugar
- Place over moderate heat, stirring occationally with a wooden spoon, until the sugar has melted
- 2
- Pour the irish whiskey into the pan and light a match to the liquid
- (Be sure to step back since the flame will flare up instantly
- ) Shake the pan to and fro slowly until the flame dies out
- Pour in the hot coffee all at once and let it come to a simmer
- Remove from the heat
- 3
- Rub the cut edge of a strip of lemon peel around the inside of each the irish coffee cup and dip it into a dish of caster sugar so that the sugar adheres to the inside rim
- Pour in the coffee, trying not to disturb the sugar
- Top each serving with a dollop of whipped cream