RECIPE

Café Cubano

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 20 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 6

No Cuban meal is complete without a café cubano (Cuban coffee). A well-made café cubano has a thick layer of sweet crema (cream) floating over strong espresso. To get the crema right, whisk about 1 tablespoon of the espresso with sugar until it turns foamy, then pour the pot of espresso over it. Lourdes Castro says you can't overbeat a crema, so stir it energetically.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 20 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 6
  • BASIC-EASY
  • FAST
  • VEGETARIAN

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. Ground espresso
    2. 1/4 cup sugar

Directions

  1. Prepare a 6-serving stove-top espresso maker according to manufacturer's directions and brew a pot of espresso. Put the sugar in a large glass measuring cup and add 1 tablespoon of the hot espresso. Using a small whisk, beat the sugar with the espresso until pale and thick and nearly dissolved, about 1 minute. Stir in the remaining hot espresso. Let the foam rise to the top, then pour into espresso cups and serve immediately.