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cooked meal as much as something more gourmet. When
I’m in need of some culinary inspiration, I always open
Pinterest for some simple and yummy ideas and here are
our suggestions for this special event.

Starter

Root vegetables (like potato) pair well with coffee,
as they sweeten when you cook them, and the coffee helps
to intensify that natural sweetness. Try to roast or slow-
bake some beets and carrots with coffee for a colorful
dinner side.

Veggie Burger

You can make a veggie burger as a starter because
Drinks you want the hamburger experience without the meat as
we will have meat as a main dish. The very same green,
floral and herbal type of aromas found in both coffee and
eggplant match perfectly. Pesto, great asset for every dish,
here will highlight freshness and eggplant-coffee combi-
Sticking with wine and some signature cocktails
keeps things simple and classy. If guests ask you if they nation to tickle your taste buds.
can bring anything, have them bring along their favorite YOU WILL NEED
bottle of anything.
tamarind & coffee sauce:
Crispy South 25 g Tamarind (paste)
Designed by Sebastián García 50 g Freshly ground coffee (35 g grounded coffee – 6 dl
water)
YOU WILL NEED 80 g Liege Syrup
60 ml Rum HOW TO
30 ml Lime juice
15 ml Coffee For this burger recipe, we lacquer our eggplant whilst
3 slices Green apple baking it in a sweet tamarind & coffee sauce. Start by dis-
30 ml Spiced Honey solving your tamarind paste in the warm fresh coffee and
½ White egg sieve. Mix 40 grams of the tamarind-coffee mixture with
the Liege Syrup.
HOW TO Cut your eggplant in thick slices (imagine they will
serve as the hamburger). Bake until tender in a layer
Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain in
of hot olive oil. Remove all leftover oil and add some
a glass. Garnish with crunchy apple and nuts. To make
tamarind - coffee sauce. Make sure your eggplant rounds
the cookie, you blend banana with sunflower seeds and
are lacquered on both sides. Season
bake this mixture in the oven on a low temperature (39
with pepper & salt and finish off
degrees) for about 18 hours.
with grated lemon peel for a fresh
citrus touch.
Dinner

Make sure that you’ve asked all of your guests before
cooking if they have any food allergies or dietary restric-
tions. You don’t want anyone to be hungry or feel awkward
refusing food. Also, stick with dishes that are easy to
prepare, no time-consuming experiments or complicated
fusion dishes that you have seen in Chef’s Table on Netflix,
let’s just keep it simple. Your guests will appreciate home-

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