Coffee and food
So, when you read this title, what did you first think of?
A delicious slab of cake with your favourite cup of coffee in your local coffee shop?
Perhaps a nice chocolate cake, or a piece of flapjack?
Or did you think a little bit about coffee blend and food pairings, a little like wine-and-food pairings?
There are some real coffee connoisseurs out there these days.
However, it was neither of these aspects of the relationship between coffee and food that the title was aimed at (although they are both very valid). Rather, it was the use of coffee in food.
AZ Central have posted an interesting article on this very point recently.
They remind us that coffee can also be used in good food dishes.
It can taste good when set alongside chillie powder, jalapenos and other strong flavours, in savoury dishes.
However, perhaps most famously, coffee is rather delicious when it is added to flavour sweet dishes and desserts.
Alongside cream and sugar, coffee can make a delicious pudding.
Coffee cake (together with coffee flavoured icing) is a traditional favourite, often topped with walnuts.
What is one of the best known coffee-flavoured desserts?
Tiramisu, the Italian classic, is well known the world over and involves coffee as a key ingredient, alongside eggs, ladyfinger cookies, Marsala, eggs and mascarpone.
What is your favourite way of incorporating coffee into your food?