All of the people who love to drink coffee know just how nice it can be to relax with a nice warm cup of coffee. However, most of them do not know that you can actually use coffee in your food too! There are quite e few more uses for coffee, other than its common uses as an ingredient in deserts. This extremely versatile ingredient is often used in barbeque sauces, meat glazes, and pot roasts.



Freshness is absolutely vital when it comes to cooking using coffee. Ideally grind your own coffee beans, and if this isn't possible then buy freshly ground. If your recipe requests brewed coffee then you should make it just before you are ready for it. Make it just as you would a cup of tea that you would drink, but take note of the concentrations. Many recipes require strong coffee, such as coffee from an espresso maker, perhaps two times as strong as you would normally drink.

Meatloaf only used to be popular in Australia, however now it's popular all over the world. The coffee tastes even better in this delicious coffee sauce.

It is fairly simple to make this sauce - all you need to do is mix a tablespoon of instant coffee with a quarter of a cup of water. Add in half a cup of ketchup; quarter a cup of dry red wine, and a quarter of a cup of Worcestershire sauce. Mix everything together, and then add two tablespoons of vinegar, one ounce of margarine and a squeeze of lemon juice with a pinch of brown sugar.

First heat a cup of sugar with a pinch of salt, and a stick of butter in a saucepan. Once everything has melted, add one teaspoon of vanilla extract, and four ounces of chocolate. Continue to mix to stop it from burning, until it has all melted. Then add one tablespoon of freshly ground coffee. For a different taste, you can also use two teaspoons of espresso coffee.

After mixing for a few minutes, and then put it all into a mixing bowl. Allow it cool to for a while, however keep it still be warm. Mix in three whole eggs and one cup of flour. Pour this mixture into a baking tin, bake in the oven for around 30 minutes. Choose your favorite chocolate cake recipe; add in a cup of vegetable oil, one packet of chocolate pudding, four whole eggs and half a cup of ?creme de cacao?. Now add one cup of Russian coffee, to make this mix together:

Coffee really is a versatile ingredient you could use it in all sorts of things, from cookies to muffins and all sorts of candy! Well suited to ice cream too, the possibilities are endless!

Coffee syrup is also delicious and easy to make. Mix a cup of sugar with one cup of coffee. Boil it in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Simmer for a few minutes and then cool, and go for it!