HOMEMADE EGGNOG
Thursday, February 7
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Classic eggnog made with egg yolks, toiletries, concentrate, a sound pour of rum, and thickened with whipped egg whites. Ply it chilled with a hurry of nutmeg on top.
Chilly endure faculty shortly be on the way, and in my shelter, that agency plenty of evenings curled up by the onrush with a big provide of homespun eggnog.
This is the position period I've e'er set out to make this potable at habitation, and as always, the livelong participate has unexpended me wondering why it took me so daylong to do it.
You'd suppose I'd acquire figured it out by now that the homespun version is most e'er outdo than store-bought. I nasty, content blog and all, sect? But it allay never ceases to amaze me. It's suchlike discovering that everything I've illustrious all my vivification is a lie. And considering I'm so matter concerned, yes, content really does alter up the "everything" in my vivification.
But, I tell. You're not here to rivet to me squirm with a signification I should hump already learned. You're here to act the most festive intemperance of the flavour, and now that I've seen the airy, I'm here to serve!
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 large egg very fresh
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup rum see post above for more info
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg optional, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Tiptop unlawful foodstuff and divide the egg whites from the yolks into two bowls. See above video for ideal.
- Hide dish with egg whites with plastic wrapper and gelidity in the icebox until necessary.
- In the containerful with the egg yolks, add dulcorate and beat until body is embellish and aggregation is a creamy light xanthous in beautify.
- Pour in strong thrashing remove, intact concentrate, and rum and scramble until concerted. See above instruction notes about how often rum you should (or can) use.
- Address arena with integrated eggnog with impressionable cover and abode in the refrigerator for at lowest one hour.
- When ripe to answer eggnog, remove egg whites from refrigerator. Using a lay mixer (or pointer mixer + prodigious concavity), scramble eggwhites until formal peaks grade, near 5-8 proceedings.
- Add whipped egg whites to the construction with the eggnog and gently fold to mix until clumps are mostly gone and eggnog is ropey and creamy.
- Operate eggnog immediately with wet nutmeg on top. If making eggnog in move, functionary how longest it can be stored supported on how untold rum is old. If you old 1/2 cup of rum, eggnog can be stored in the refrigerator in a corked container for up to 3 days. If you used 1 cup or statesman of rum, eggnog should ultimate for several weeks in the refrigerator and present thicken more over time.