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rudesheim coffee recipe

Rudesheim Coffee Recipe

Rüdesheimer Kaffee is just the thing to warm the toes on a cool day. Hot coffee is made sweet and strong with sugar cubes that have been dissolved in delicious Asbach Brandy.
Top with sweetened whipped cream, and it's dessert, a pick me up, and a tummy warmer all in one. 
Cuisine German
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Sugar Cubes
  • 1 1/3 ounces approx 40 ml Asbach Uralt Brandy
  • Hot Brewed Coffee
  • Sweetened Whipped Cream make with Vanilla Sugar
  • Dark Chocolate Bar for Chocolate Shavings

Instructions
 

  • In Rüdesheim they use special cups and spoons, and a LONG match to make Rüdesheimer Kaffee... but you can manage with a regular cup. It's only slightly less spectacular, but still quite delicious.
  • 1. Drop the 3 Sugar Cubes into the cup.
  • 2. Warm the brandy a bit (either a quick zap in the microwave... or some say in a glass dipped in another glass of hot water)... then pour it over the sugar cubes.
  • 3. Light it on fire with your long match (it's quite pretty, and a nice show in the evening)
  • 4. Break up the sugar cubes with your long spoon while it burns.
  • (Let the flames go one minute)
  • 5. Pour Hot Coffee into the cup over the sugary Asbach until it comes to about 1/2 inch from the rim of the cup.
  • 6. Top with a BIG dollop/spoonful of sweetened whipped cream (take the time to make your own whipped cream with a bit of sugar... vanilla sugar if you have it)
  • 7. Shave chocolate over the top (I use a potato peeler, and scrape the edge of a chocolate bar... do it OVER the whipped cream, since transferring may be messy)
  • SERVE