Boozey rich eggnog from a cooked base
Boozey rich eggnog from a cooked base recipe in the christmas category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 quart milk
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tablespoon extract
- 12 egg yolks
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup dark rum
- 2 cups bourbon
- 1 cup cognac or other brandy
- 8 egg whites
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 quart cream
- Freshly grated nutmeg
Recipe method:
- In a heavy medium-sized saucepan, barely boil the milk with the vanilla bean, which has beens split lengthwise, scraped with the back edge of a knife and added to the milk, seeds, pod, and all.
- If using vanilla extract, you will add it after eggnog base has cooked.
- Meanwhile, place a large strainer over a bowl set in a large bowl of ice.
- Beat the yolks and sugar together in the top of a double boiler, by hand or with electric beaters, until thick and smooth, about 1 minute.
- Whisk in the hot vanilla milk.
- Cook in the double boiler set over simmering water, stirring constantly all around the bottom and corners with a rubber or wooden spatula.
- In time, foam will subside.
- The eggnog base is done when it coats a wooden spoon without bare spots, about 15 minutes.
- Immediately pour through strainer, stirring to cool.
- When cool to the touch, slowly whisk in all liquors.
- If using vanilla extract instead of vanilla bean, add this now, too.
- Store eggnog base in refrigerator overnight or up to three days, to ripen.
- At serving, remove vanilla bean and pour eggnog base into a large punch bowl.
- Beat egg whites with 3 tablespoons sugar to stiff peaks.
- Fold into eggnog mixture.
- Beat cream to stiff peaks and fold it in, too.
- Let some lumps of the cream and egg whites float on surface.
- Sprinkle with nutmeg.
- Serve immediately, using a ladle.