Coffee sauce

Coffee sauce is a culinary sauce that includes coffee in its preparation. It is sometimes prepared using instant coffee.^[1][2] Coffee sauce has been used in American cuisine since at least 1904.^[3] Coffee sauce may be sweet or savory.

A steak served with coffee sauce

Sweet preparations may use sweeteners such as sugar, simple syrup, maple syrup or golden syrup.^[1][2][4][5] Evaporated milk is sometimes used in sweet versions of coffee sauce,^[6] and some versions use whiskey to add flavor.^[7] Additional ingredients in some preparations include eggs and whipped cream.^[8][9]

Uses

Sweet uses of the sauce include its use on cakes, chestnuts, flan, ice cream, pancakes, puddings, tortes, soufflés, sweet potatoes and waffles.^{[4][5][9][10][11][12]}

Savory uses of the sauce include its use on salmon^[13] and steak.

Commercial preparations

A mass-produced coffee sauce has been manufactured for consumer purchase by the company Ahh!Gourmet, under the brand name Perky Savory Coffee Sauce.^[14]

See also

• Coffee portal
• Food portal

• Coffee syrup – syrup produced from water, sugar, and coffee grounds, used primarily in the preparation of coffee milk
• List of coffee dishes
• List of sauces
• Red-eye gravy – a thin sauce often seen in the cuisine of the Southern United States that sometimes includes black coffee in its preparation