A traditional Batida de Cafe is a cocktail of rum with coffee and egg white, but while the drink looked delicioso, I just couldn’t stomach the thought of a raw egg white in there. So, as the recipe I generally followed suggested, I substituted cream for the egg white and it was in fact delicious. And given that it’s holiday time at Trader Joe’s and I simply can’t pass up all of the yummy goodies they have this time of year, I garnished mine with dark chocolate covered ginger. I’d say this would be a big winner at any winter brunch.
Batida de Cafe {slightly adapted from What Katie ate)
Ingredients
1/4 cup strongly brewed coffee, cooled
1/8 cup cream
1 jigger dark rum
1 teaspoon sugar
crushed ice
dark chocolate covered ginger for garnish
Directions
place all ingredients except garnish in a cocktail shaker and give it a good shake
pour into glass and garnish with skewered dark chocolate ginger
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