Coffee is most often associated with the after-dinner, served alongside the dessert or even used in them. Such a fine and versatile product should not but limited to this narrow use moment. Let’s explore how you can surprise your guests by – using coffee in your appetizers – with Foodpairing®.
Finding original pairings with coffee
Changing the use moment of products or putting them out of their traditional context often evokes strong reactions, yet when done properly you can count on a grand applause. Foodpairing can help you in the process of finding the right balance. Let’s have look at the Foodpairing Tree of coffee.
Foodpairing Tree
It’s our objective to combine coffee in an appetizer, so we specifically searched for fresh and not too sweet ingredients, i.e. ingredients that are suitable for appetizing. We also took care to incorporate fun texture contrasts which are highly desirable in an appetizer as they stimulate the eater’s curiosity for what’s to come.
Coffee – Bacon – Onion
Ingredients
- 2 slices bacon
- 10 g fried onions
- 1 g ground coffee
- 4 teaspoons brined mustard seeds
Preparations:
Mix 200 g mustard seed with 355 ml water, 355 ml rice vinegar, 100 g sugar and 12 g salt. Bring to a boil and simmer for 45 ‘. If the seeds are not cooked, add some extra water and simmer a little longer. Allow to cool Fry the bacon in some butter Mix the onions with the grounded coffee
