Wednesday, February 6, 2013

café de olla

Here's a recipe for Café de Olla from Pati's Mexican Table on PBS...me gusta mucho and yes, a French Press coffeemaker works fine in place of a clay pot, though it's not quite as authentic.  A quicker or more portable version is Nescafe's instant Café de Olla sold at MexGrocer.com (or maybe at a store near you, depending on where you live).  There's just something about cinnamon -- it's not a rare or unusual spice, but it does always seem to bring a certain warm magic to anything it's added to.



[Pictured:  The Open Cupboard -- Maria Izquierdo, 1946]