Eggnog
Homemade eggnog is not only the perfect gift from the kitchen at Easter and Christmas, but also tastes good all year round. With our best recipe and a handful of ingredients, you can make eggnog quickly and easily yourself. The two basic ingredients of eggnog are eggs and alcohol. Our recipe calls for rum. Separate the eggs and heat the yolks with powdered sugar and bourbon vanilla sugar over a water bath. Then beat the mixture without a water bath until fluffy and stir in the cream. Stir in the rum and pour the eggnog into clean bottles. Store in the refrigerator. Important: Only use fresh eggs when preparing eggnog.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Sift powdered sugar. Add the egg yolks and bourbon vanilla sugar and, stirring with a whisk, heat in a metal bowl in a water bath (to about 60 °C), making sure that the egg yolks do not curdle.
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Remove from the heat and beat with the mixer (stirring rods) in the bowl first briefly on the lowest setting, then 5 minutes on the highest setting, possibly use a splash guard. Add the whipped cream and stir for another 5 minutes on high speed. Stir in the rum briefly on the lowest setting.
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Pour the liqueur into a clean bottle, close it and store in the refrigerator.
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Only use very fresh eggs (note the laying date, at least 23 days shelf life).
