I have been wanting to make a tutorial for a while and finally decided to share my grandmother`s eggnog recipe. As you know she passed away on October 30th. I thought it would be nice to share one of her recipes
There are 2 main variations to it. You can make this recipe a bit more spicy by adding cloves and nutmeg, and a creamier version that omits these spices, adds a can of sweetened condensed milk and it`s primary flavor is coconut..My grandma`s recipe fits the later version.
My Grandma`s Eggnog
Serves 4-6
1/2 cup of water
1 cinnamon stick
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoonful of coconut flavor
1 cup of sugar
1 can of coconut milk
1 can of evaporated milk
1 can of condensed sweetened milk
1 cup of white Caribbean rum or 1/2 cup of white Caribbean rum and 1/2 coconut flavored Caribbean rum (you can omit the rum and make a virgin version)*
A blender
a small mixing bowl
glass measuring cup (that you can microwave in)
a mixing spatula
Stemless wine goblets or martini glasses or any glass container you can recap
*Please note that one one cup of rum is a large amount and you can certainly add less than one cup.
- Take the cinnamon stick and 1/2 cup of water into the glass measuring cup and put it in the microwave for 3 minutes in high or until the water starts boiling.
- Mix the egg yolk with the sugar until thoroughly blended.
- Take the hot water with the cinnamon and slowly blend it into the egg mix. I like doing this part by hand and very slow. You do not want to get the mixture lumpy.
- After blending the egg, sugar water and cinnamon. pour the mix into the blender along with the condensed milk can, the sweetened milk can, coconut milk can, coconut flavoring and blend.
- After that blending, cool in the freezer for about an hour. Serve chilled in a martini glass if you are throwing a formal party and a goblet if you are throwing a casual one. We used to get this as a present and my grandmother used to place it in a glass bottle.
Enjoy!
