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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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My friend Steve's New Orlean specialty; it has become a party must. Thanks Steve for sharing this authentic treat! Ingredients:
15 sugar cubes |
2 cinnamon sticks |
10 whole cloves |
1/2 lemon, rind of |
1/2 orange, rind of |
1 cup brandy |
6 cups hot coffee (, preferably new orleans chicory-coffee blend) |
Directions:
1. In a silver punch bowl, combine the sugar cubes, cinnamon, cloves, citrus peels and 3/4 cup brandy.
2. Fill a metal ladle with 1/4 cup heated (not boiling) brandy, ignite, and lower into the bowl.
3. Ladle the flaming mixture over itself until the sugar melts and the flames die down.
4. S lowly pour the coffee into the bowl.
5. Strain into demitasse cups.
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