Eggnog cocktail: 3 recipes at home

Egg nog (egg - egg, nog is short for noggin - a small mug of ale) has a long history and originated in Scotland in the XIV century. The locals loved to make this hot drink at Christmas, and it contained only four ingredients: eggs, dark ale, honey and spices.

The history of the Eggnog cocktail

Eggnog reached its peak of popularity in America when in the XIX century bartender Jerry Thomas published several recipes for this cocktail in his famous book, where he replaced ale with rum and milk. And in Jerry's interpretation, this cocktail was prepared without heating, and he repeatedly emphasized that Scotland invented the hot drink Eggnog, and the Eggnog cocktail is the merit of the Americans.

But even in this variation, the Christmas cocktail of 2012 was excluded from the International Bartender's Association's International Register. No one knows the exact reason for this, perhaps it was due to the numerous variations of the recipe that claim to be original, and today there are about 50 variations.

Strong alcohol (rum, brandy, whiskey) was first added to the New Year's drink Eggnog in America. Italians like to add cherry syrup, and Germans prefer to add egg liqueur instead of eggs.

And each of you can create your own recipe, replacing one type of alcohol with another, for example, rum with vodka, or adding some fruit or nut syrup. Here is only your flight of fantasies and this winter you can please your loved ones with your masterpiece.

And we will tell you how to make Eggnog in more famous variations.

The classic Eggnog recipe

If you add cream instead of milk, the drink will turn out to be very airy, and if you exclude alcohol, you will get a non-alcoholic Eggnog cocktail.

You can also replace chicken eggs with quail eggs in a 1:5 ratio.

If you prefer a sweeter cocktail, just increase the amount of granulated sugar.

Ingredients

1. Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.

2. Milk - 300 g

3. Dark rum (cognac, bourbon, whiskey) - 100 ml

4. Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.

5. Cinnamon stick - 1 pc.

6. Vanillin - 1 pinch

7. Nutmeg - 1 pinch

The method of preparation

1. Mix eggs with vanilla and granulated sugar and beat until smooth with a blender or whisk.

2. Pour in the chilled milk, stir again, add the cinnamon stick and pour into the pan.

3. Cook the egg and milk mixture over low heat (without boiling) for 15-20 minutes and stir constantly.

4. As soon as the mass begins to thicken, remove from heat and stir with a whisk for another 2-3 minutes.

5. Keep stirring and pour in the prepared alcohol in a thin stream.

6. Before serving, add nutmeg to the drink and pour into cups.

Spicy Eggnog for 12 servings

Ingredients

1. Chicken eggs - 12 pcs.

2. Milk - 2 liters

3. Cream (at least 20%) - 800 ml

4. Cointreau liqueur - 2 tbsp.

5. Granulated sugar - 2 tbsp.

6. Grand Marnier liqueur - 120 ml

7. Vanilla bean - 3 pieces.

8. Allspice - 1 tsp.

9. Ground cardamom - 1 hour. л

10. Badian - 2 stars

11. Grated nutmeg - 1 pc.

The method of cooking

1. Mix the milk with cream, one glass of sugar, all the spices and bring to a boil.

2. Meanwhile, beat the eggs with the remaining sugar.

3. Pour the egg mixture into the milk in small portions and continue to beat with a blender until thick.

4. At the end, add Cointreau and Grand Marnier liqueurs and mix everything again.

5. Serve the finished drink hot, having previously poured into cups.

Alcoholic Eggnog recipe without heating

Ingredients

1. Chicken egg - 1 pc.

2. Cognac - 60 ml

3. Dark rum - 30 ml

4. Milk - 80 ml

5. Nut syrup (sugar syrup) - 15 ml

6. Cinnamon stick

7. Ice

The method of preparation

1. Fill the shaker with ice and add cognac, dark rum, milk, nut syrup and egg, whisk everything thoroughly.

2. Pour the cocktail into a glass through a strainer.

3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick before serving.

Update: 10.12.2017

Category: Other alcohol