Friday, April 9, 2010

Beverages - Star Trek - Raktajino (Klingon Coffee)

Chef's "Hegh' Da" Raktajino (Klingon Coffee)

Nothing starts your day of valorous rampaging like a hit of the "Death Dealer" Raktajino. Infamous throughout the alpha quadrant as the coffee with a kick, it's renown has led to a multitude of variations. I picked this recipe up from a freighter captain traveling the Archanis Sector.

Ingredients
1 Hershey Dark Chocolate Bar (43grams)
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup dark cocoa
Dash cinnamon (to taste)
Pinch of nutmeg
2 shots Espresso (use the Starbucks Double Shot can if you can't find any good espresso)

Procedure:
Break up the chocolate bar into meltable pieces.
In a saucepan, add the espresso, chocolate bar and cocoa over medium heat and stir until the chocolate is melted.
Add remainng ingredients.
Simmer over medium-low until ingredients are well blended , stir periodically (do not boil!)
The consistency should be thick and almost syrup like.
Serve immediately in the hollowed out skull of your vanquished enemy