How to Make Authentic Swedish Coffee
Great-Grandma's Traditional Coffee Recipe is Still the Best
You will need:
2 quarts water (8 cups)
one raw egg, shell washed
one cup (dry measure) ground coffee
In a large coffee pot (my beautiful speckled blue 14cup stovetop percolator is just right ) heat 2 quarts of water to a boil.
Break the egg into a small mixing bowl and beat well. Set aside the shell for later.
Stir the ground coffee into the egg and mix well. It will have the consistency of wet sand.
When the water is boiling, turn the heat down to medium, enough to maintain a slow boil. Add the egg/coffee and drop in the shell.
Boil on medium for about 10 minutes, or until the coffee is as strong as you like it.
Remove from heat and allow a couple of minutes for the coffee to settle. The coffee/egg will float in blobs at first, then settle to the bottom.
Pour slowly, and the grounds will stay on the bottom.
To the uninitated, this sounds odd. But believe me, this will be the smoothest, kindest pot of coffee you've ever had.
Variation: At Christmas, Aunt Harriet added cinnamon sticks (2 or 3 four inch sticks, broken) to the water when she filled the pot, then made the coffee as usual. Deliciously spicy with Swedish rye bread or Swedish coffee cake!
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16 Comments
Post a CommentOh, my. Egg in your beer I've heard. Egg in your coffee? I do know the shells of eggs (calcium carbonate) are considered a desirable treatment for the water. Don't know if I could convince myself to actually add the egg. But to each his own! Now a little whiskey...
I am an admitted coffee addict and will be certain to try this. Thanks.
That's amazing. It would be like a poached egg? Any way to make it in a coffeemaker?
I love the smell of coffee, I just don't like the taste. This does sound interesting.
Yep, right into the water...no basket needed at all. Cowboy Coffee is another name for it, and also Prairie Coffee.
This sounds very interesting!
Sounds great I also had coffee simular to this growing up (cowboy Coffee) but we did not put the whole egg in just the shell I am going to try it.
Sounds interesting. You put the coffee grounds/egg mix right into the water, not into the basket?
Jan beat me to the comment...we also used to call this "cowboy coffee" and it really does make a difference :)
My wife and I tried out your recipe already and the coffee was Great! It was not only smoother, but had a much better flavor. Thanks for the great idea!