Easy Spanish Coffee

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield 1 serving

Chase away the chill with this cozy Spanish coffee recipe, made with rum, orange and coffee liqueurs, lightly sweetened whipped cream and a bit of fiery flair.

Ingredients

1 orange slice
Superfine sugar
3/4 ounce aged or overproof rum
1/2 ounce triple sec
1-1/2 ounces coffee liqueur
2-1/2 ounces brewed coffee
1 ounce heavy whipping cream
Pinch confectioners' sugar
Ground or freshly grated nutmeg or grated chocolate for garnish, optional

Directions

Moisten rim of a large glass mug with orange slice. Sprinkle sugar on a plate; dip rim in sugar. Using a kitchen torch, hold flame about 2 in. away from rim and rotate it slowly until sugar is evenly caramelized. Add rum, triple sec, coffee liqueur and coffee to prepared glass.
In a small bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add sugar; beat until soft peaks form. Using the back of a spoon, float whipped cream over cocktail. Garnish with grated nutmeg or chocolate as desired.

Nutrition Facts

1 cocktail: 380 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 34mg cholesterol, 15mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

When I worked in restaurants in Portland, Oregon, everyone had to know how to make a Spanish coffee, which is a combination of 151 rum, triple sec and coffee liqueur with a caramelized sugar rim on the glass. Created at the city's oldest restaurant, Huber's, the tableside presentation of setting the rum aflame is sheer artistry. This home bar version uses aged rum and a kitchen torch to get the sugar rim. —Lesley Balla, Seattle, Washington

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