Coffee News: Cooking with coffee

"Perking up your palate might take as little as a splash or two of coffee.
Coffee desserts -- tiramisu, coffee ice cream, mocha tortes -- come to mind immediately when Americans think about adding coffee to food, but the country's beloved hot beverage can add complex flavors and depth to savory dishes.

If done correctly, says Joan Nielsen, who wrote "The Great Coffee Book" with her husband, Timothy J. Castle, "you shouldn't be aware of a coffee taste. Your reaction should be, 'Ooh, this is a deep, dark, nice sauce. What's in here?'

"What coffee should add is an inscrutable richness and subtlety to certain foods."

Includes recipes for:

• Red-Eye Gravy


• Indonesian-Java Marinade


• Beef Stew with Coffee


• Crispy Chicken Wings with a Quick Mole Sauce


• Pork Tenderloin with Coffee Rub

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