Kahlua

What is Kahlua?

Kahlua is a strong coffee liqueur predominantly from Mexico. This liqueur is used to make a popular drink named a Black Russian. It also works nicely over ice cream. A similar liqueur is Tia Maria. See recipe below for making your own.

Substitute for Kahlua

If you don't have Kahlua you can substitute:

1 teaspoon coffee extract per 2 tablespoon of Kahlua needed.
OR>1 teaspoon instant espresso powder per 2 tablespoon of Kahlua

Liqueurs

Ingredients

Ingredients include: rum, sugar, vanilla bean, and arabica coffee.

Recipe For Making Your Own Tia Maria Liqueur

1 cup water
1 cup brown sugar
4 teaspoons instant coffee
1 cup rum
4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Boil the water, sugar and coffee for 10 minutes and let the mixture cool.

Add rum and vanilla. Transfer the mixture to a clean bottle or jar.

Allow the mixture to sit for at least 1 week before using. Recipe by Barnonedrinks.com

Favorite Kahlua Recipes

Petits Pots de Creme au Cafe
Petits Pots de Creme au Cafe recipe is made with strong coffee, espresso powder, kahlua, eggs and sugar and milk or half and half. You can prepare these in little ramekins (custard cups) or in pot de creme cups if you have them.
Quick Tiramisu
Layers of espresso-soaked pound cake and cream cheese custard come together with chocolate. Tiramisù means "pick-me-up" in Italian-and this certainly does.

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