Coffee in savory recipes

There are many moments in the day when coffee plays a key role: we immediately think of a good wake-up call, a break with friends, or a post-meal treat to cleanse the mouth. However, this drink can also be used in a more original and untraditional way, as an ingredient in cooking, pairing it with both sweet and savory dishes.

Let's discover together some tricks to add it to our recipes!

Pairing:

With meat: pork, chicken and veal! 

The procedure:

Make a sauce with coffee, mustard, lemon, and sugar, or a marinade with instant coffee, salt, dried garlic, coriander, pepper, and cocoa powder.

Pairing:

With fish: tuna and salmon.

The procedure:

Use coffee as a marinade or create a breading with a mix of coffee, chili pepper, sugar, and cumin.

Pairing:

With legumes

The procedure:

Add 1/4 tablespoon of instant coffee to each cup of broth you use for soups. You can also use it in powdered form to flavor appetizer chips.

Pairing:

With sweets

Combine coffee with spices like chili pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. Choose an Ethiopian blend for cinnamon-based desserts, or Arabica for spicy notes like ginger. 

Combine coffee with your creativity and you can experiment with new ways to use coffee in your cooking!