Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 2 cups half and half (you can add more if you want your eggnog thinner
- 2 cups of heavy whipping cream whipped (add it right before serving)
- nutmeg for garnish
Directions
Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a heavy bottom pan. Whisk until combined. Slowly add half and half to your pan whisking to combine. Turn on heat onto the lowest setting and heat mixture to 160 degrees F. Stir with a whisk the whole time so your eggs don’t scramble. It will take around 30- 40 minutes if you do it low and slow. Strain your mixture with a sieve to get our any possible eggs that cooked. Add vanilla extract. Pour mixture into a pitcher and cover and let chill at least 4 hours or you can drink it hot. Add whipped cream right before serving or have on the side and let people add their own whipped cream. Garnish with nutmeg. This recipe is double of what we did in the video. You can cut in half very easy.
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Homemade Brown Sugar Spiced Simple Syrup
Total: 10 mins Prep: 5 mins Cook: 5 mins Yield: 1 cup or 16 servings
Many cocktails can benefit from the dark sweetness of brown sugar and it is easy to make your own simple syrup at home. This recipe uses brown sugar for the base and adds traditional holiday spices to give it a warm, rich twist that is perfect for winter cocktails.
Be sure to use whole spices to make straining easier. The only exception is with the nutmeg, which will have to be grated. You can also place all of the smaller spices into a tea bag or ball and place that into the syrup. This may eliminate using a strainer completely because you can simply fish out the cinnamon and orange with a large spoon.
The vanilla bean is optional because it is one of the most expensive spices on the market. If you can, I do recommend adding it because it really is sort of a finishing touch to the spice blend. In its absence, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract can be used.
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
3 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 Tablespoon orange zest
1/2 vanilla bean (optional)
Steps to Make It
Bring water and spices to a boil.
Add sugar and stir constantly until the sugar is fully dissolved.
Remove from the heat, cover, and allow to cool completely.
The cooling time allows the spices to infuse the syrup. I typically leave them for at least 3 hours and you can taste it periodically until it reaches your desired flavor.
Strain the spices from the syrup using a fine mesh strainer.
Bottle and store in the refrigerator.
This syrup will stay fresh for about 2-3 weeks in a well-sealed bottle. The proportions above make about 1 cup of syrup and it is easy to make more if you like. Simply increase the water and sugar, keeping the two measurements equal.
