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BEVERAGES
Heating
Beverages:
Tips
and Techniques
WHAT TO USE: Use mugs cups, and even china, if it has no metallic decoration.
WHAT TO HEAT: Mi k tends to boil over, so if you heat milk, use a container about twice the volume as the
milk. Room temperature
liquids heat faster than refrigerated liquids.
HOW TO ARRANGE: If you have more than one cup, arrange the cups in a circle for more even heating.
WHAT TO DO: Stir all heated beverages to distribute the heat evenly.
2 cups milk, divided
1/4 cup sugar
11/2 (1 ounce) squares
unsweetened
chocolate
1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
1is teaspoon
ground cloves
Whipped cream
Ground cinnamon
Spicy
Hot Chocolate
1. Place I/2 cup milk, sugar,
chocolate,
cinnamon,
nutmeg
and
cloves in a l-quart
glass measuring
cup. Cook
uncovered
3 to 31/2
minutes
at Power
Control
8 or until the chocolate
melts;
stir twice.
Mix until smooth.
2. Gradually
blend in the remaining
milk. Cook uncovered
21/2 to 3
minutes
at Power
Control
8 or until hot; stir twice.
Pour into cups,
garnish
with whipped
cream,
and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Makes
about
2 cups.
Irish Coffee
3/4 cup water
1 rounded teaspoon instant
coffee granules
2 teaspoons
sugar
2 tablespoons
Irish whiskey
Whipped
cream
I. Combine
the water,
instant coffee and sugar in an 8-ounce
microwavable
coffee cup. Cook uncovered
i to 11/2 minutes
at Power
Control
HI or until hot
2. Stir in the whiskey
and garnish
with whipped
cream.
Makes
about
1 cup.
4 cups water
3 tablespoons
instant coffee
granules
3/4 cup orange liqueur
1/2 cup whipped
cream
2 tablespoons
confectioner's
sugar
Grated peel of 1 orange
,
Orange
Coffee
1. Combine
the water and instant coffee in a 2_luart
glass measuring
cup. Cook uncovered
6 to 71/2 minutes
at Power
Control
HI or until
hot; stir once.
Stir in the orange
liqueur.
2. Combine
the whipped
cream
and confectioner's
sugar.
Pour the
coffee into cups and garnish
with sweetened
whipped
cream;
sprinkle
with orange
peel.
Makes
4 cups.
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