Lecce coffee or Salento coffee is a classic summer recipe to create a traditional Apulian drink made with coffee, almond milk syrup, and ice. Served in Apulian bars, it is made with hot coffee, ice, and almond milk syrup. Here’s the recipe to make it at home.
If you like summer drinks, don’t forget to read the recipe
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 2 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer
- Energy 158.75 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 24.53 (g) of which sugars 0.00 (g)
- Proteins 2.60 (g)
- Fat 3.90 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.02 (g)
- Fibers 10.35 (g)
- Sodium 15.25 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for 2 people
- 2 coffee cups coffee
- 4 cubes ice
- 2 tablespoons almond milk syrup
Tools
- 1 Moka pot
Steps
Here are the simple and quick steps to follow to prepare a delicious Lecce coffee directly at your home.
The true Lecce coffee or Salento coffee is prepared at the bar with espresso coffee, at home you can make it with a coffee machine, but if you don’t have one, a Moka pot will also work.
For this recipe, a 2-cup Moka pot is enough.
When the coffee is ready, put 2 ice cubes in each glass just taken from the refrigerator. The glasses should be medium-sized glass large enough to hold the ice, coffee, and almond milk syrup.
Pour the almond milk syrup over the ice cubes. Be careful, for the real Lecce coffee recipe only almond milk syrup is used, not almond milk. Thanks to its dense and sugary consistency, it will make the coffee delicious.
Now all that’s left is to pour the hot coffee over the ice and syrup, and your Lecce coffee is ready!
