Happy Coffee Month!

That’s right – coffee month is a real thing, and here at Black Stag, we love to celebrate it with coffee for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

While you might be used to waking up to a cup of coffee, or having one when at the office, did you know that you could also be using that delicious brew in recipes for baking and even dinner! We’ve curated a 24 Coffee Inspired recipes to help kickstart your coffee month into action. These recipes highlight the versatility of coffee as an ingredient, adding depth and richness to both sweet and savory dishes. Enjoy experimenting with these delicious coffee-infused recipes!

1. Mocha Overnight Oats

Give your oatmeal an energy kick with this coffee-drink-flavored overnight oats recipe. Chocolate, walnuts, maple and cacao nibs make give this healthy breakfast luxurious flavour.

2. Coffee Banana Smoothie

Tofu packs protein and adds creaminess in this easy smoothie recipe for an easy way to start your day.

3. Cappuccino French Toast with Coffee Cream

Yes. Cappuccino French Toasts. Aka Milky Coffee soaked French Toasts stuffed with Melted Chocolate; topped with a Coffee Cream and dusted with Chocolate Dusting Powder!

4. Coffee Granola

Delicious gluten free granola flavored with real ground coffee. This Coffee Granola is the perfect pick me up for breakfast or snack!

5. Coffee Glazed Bacon

Skip your morning espresso and opt for a coffee-infused bacon. Or, if you’re really feeling crazy, use this recipe to make the best breakfast sandwich ever!

6. Dalgona Coffee

It’s fluffy, creamy and trending. What’s not to love about – literally – whipping up a great Dalgona Coffee!?

7. Coffee-Braised Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Adding coffee to meat adds such a deep flavour. And this recipe is so easy—just put it in the slow cooker before work, and by the time you get home, it’s ready for to eat!

8. Coffee-Marinated BBQ Chicken Tacos

This rich, zesty BBQ marinade packs a serious flavour boost with a cup of Joe. But. It gets better: The chicken is then cooked in bacon fat and topped with pineapple salsa.

9. St. Louis Ribs With Coffee Rub

With brown sugar for sweetness and caramelisation, espresso and cinnamon to add warmth and complexity to the meat, and smoked paprika for a smoky depth, these St. Louis ribs pack some serious flavor.

10. Nigella Lawson’s One-Step, No-Churn Coffee Ice Cream

This recipe has 4 ingredients, 1 step, no cooking, and no churning, but the ice cream you get will have a creamy, almost buttery smoothness.

 11. Coffee and Hazelnut Shortbread

12. The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

This is the cake that will make you a star. It will become your secret weapon for dinner parties and special occasions and you’ll never look at another chocolate cake recipe again.

13. Red-Eye Gravy

The gravy recipe you never knew you needed. Used in the southern states of America to top their “country ham” (aka bacon) for breakfast, we can see this going down a TREAT for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

14. Vanilla panna cotta with espresso swirl

Panna cotta is an Italian pudding of cream which has been softly set with gelatine. This version has a delicious espresso coffee swirl in the middle for an extra touch.

15. Braised beef cheeks with Polenta, Coffee and Mushrooms

Impress dinner guests with braised beef cheeks served with polenta and wild mushrooms. The surprise addition of coffee works really well!

16. Coffee and chilli chicken koftas with onions

The coffee adds a smoky, earthy quality to these koftas, but without dominating proceedings. Swap the cascabel chilli for another mild dried chilli, such as guajillo, if you prefer. And it’s worth making double or triple the coffee rub, because it works wonders on all sorts of grilled meats and vegetables.

17. Japanese Coffee infused rice balls

Sometimes, just drinking coffee is not enough; sometimes, you need a little extra to get you going. And thanks to this recipe from Japanese coffee specialists Kaldi, you can enjoy the aroma of coffee with the taste of some delicious rice.

18. Coffee Syrup

Coffee syrup is great to have on hand when you want to mix up an espresso martini, white/Black Russian or even drizzle over vanilla ice cream for that late night affogato hit!

19. Panforte

We like to use raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel and/or chopped dried apricots or figs for this decadent dessert, but you can play around with different types of fruit and nuts as long as you keep the quantities constant.

20. Affogato

Leave the calorie counting at the door—here’s a classic Italian dessert, perfect for those sweet-toothed coffee lovers out there.

21. Chocolate and Coffee Macaroon Tart

The coconut base of this tart makes a lovely change from pastry. Topped with a silky smooth chocolate mousse it can be served unadorned or dressed up with extra slivers of chocolate.

22. Croissant bread and butter pudding with coffee cream

Croissants make this dish lighter than a traditional bread and butter pudding recipe, but the coffee cream liqueur sauce means it’s still wonderfully rich.

23. Tiramisu

A creamy dessert of espresso-soaked ladyfingers surrounded by lightly sweetened whipped cream and a rich mascarpone,tiramisù relies heavily on the quality of its ingredients.

24. Black Stag Coffee Cake

Of course we had to include our very own coffee cake – it’s a smoko time must have!

We’d love to see what you’ve made to celebrate coffee month – so tag us on Facebook or LinkedIn and let us know how it turned out.

 

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These recipes were taken from websites such as Dish, Annabel Langbein, and others. The only recipe Black Stag claims as its own is the Black Stag Coffee Cake. Enjoy experimenting with these delicious coffee-infused recipes!