Café Brûlot

Ingredients

• 0.7 cup brandy 
• 1 ounce cinnamon sticks 
• 5 cups freshly coffee hot brewed
• 1  optional: lemon 
• 1  cranberry-orange relish 
• 6 servings garnish: orange strips 
• 0.7 cup liqueur orange-flavored
• 3 tablespoons sugar 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• sieve

Directions

1. Peel orange and lemon, each in one long strip. Squeeze orange, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. Reserve lemon for another use.
2. Combine orange peel, lemon peel, and next 5 ingredients in a non-aluminum saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in reserved orange juice.
3. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into coffee; discard solids; stir.
4. Serve immediately.
5. Garnish, if desired.
6. *Note: For orange-flavored liqueur, we used Grand Marnier.