The Dude

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Ample Hills Creamery

By Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Published 2014

  • About

At Ample Hills, we’d like to think that if The Dude from The Big Lebowski staggered into the shop, he’d approve of his namesake flavor. His drink of choice, a White Russian, consists of vodka and coffee liqueur. We make it by steeping freshly ground coffee beans in milk and adding Brooklyn Republic Vodka. The Dude abides.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (480 ml) whole milk
  • ¾ cup (75

Method

  1. Prepare an ice bath in the sink or in a large heatproof bowl.
  2. In a large saucepan, heat the milk over medium-high heat until it starts to steam, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the coffee. Cover the pan and let the coffee steep for 10 minutes. Pour the mixture through a cheesecloth-lined wire-mesh strainer into a bowl. Return the coff