Sunday, June 15, 2008

Here's How I Do Cafe au lait...

So this is the first of a series of little recipes I implement in my humble little kitchen.
If you have a career and single, then this article is most probably for you. Just because you dont have time to prepare a full course, doesn't mean you can't eat a full course. I usually get bored at home and think what could I possibly do to make my next meal more exciting. The short answer is I improvise. Even if you need to copy and paste your recipe, modify somebody else's or even try something new, my advice is "do it!".

Here goes. For cafe au lait or caffe latte as most would call it, I use an expresso machine. But u could easily use a plunger or some other powder-to-concentrated-coffee contraption. In short it is

3 teaspoons coffee powder
1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of water

Heat the milk until it boils and place in your coffee cup. Then extract the coffee with the espresso machine or plunger. You'll want to get about a 1/4 cup of the concentrated liquid out. Add to the cup and enjoy ...