THAI RED RUBY CHESTNUT MORSELS IN SWEET COCONUT MILK
Tab Tim Grob

Serves 4-6

1 cup/200g diced water chestnut morsels
Few drops red food coloring {optional}
1/2 cup/60g tapioca starch {tapioca flour}
5 cups/ 1 1/4 liters water
Crushed ice

Sweet coconut milk:
1/2 cup/100g sugar {or less to taste}
3/4 cup/180 ml water
3/4 cup/180ml thick coconut milk

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CHOCOLATE MILK SHAKE
Batido de Chocolate

Serves 2

Always popular, a rich and satisfying milk shake.

1 cup cold milk
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon sugar, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup crushed ice

Place all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Add more ( Read more... )

ERNEST HEMINGWAY SPECIAL
El Especial de Ernest Hemingway

Antonio Meilan, the bartender at the famous Floridita Restaurante in Havana, served this drink on many occasion to Papa Hemingway. Antonio made it for me the exact way he prepared it for the writer. If you have trouble finding maraschino liqueur, substitute cherry-flavored brandy. The resulting ( Read more... )