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Bourbon Eggnog – American eggnog with a kick

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Ingredients for 6 servings:

  • ½ liter of milk
  • ¼ liter cream
  • 8 cl whiskey (bourbon)
  • 6 cl orange liqueur (triple sec)
  • 1 vanilla pod(s)
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 50 g sugar
  • 1 orange(s), zest
  • nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick(s)
  • Cinnamon powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Christmassy, ​​sweet and strong

Pour the milk and cream into a saucepan. Scrape out the vanilla pod and quarter the remaining pod. Add the seeds and pod quarters to the pan along with the grated orange peel, cinnamon stick, and a little nutmeg, and bring to a boil. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until frothy. Once the milk mixture boils, remove from the heat and slowly pour it through a sieve into the egg yolks, whisking to combine. Add the whiskey and triple sec. Serve while still hot in (preferably double-walled) glasses and garnish with grated nutmeg, a little cinnamon, and grated orange peel.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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