I’ll confess it right here… I’m not a fan of egg nog.  Really, I’m just not.  That doesn’t mean I don’t like the holidays… it doesn’t mean I’m a bah humbug… it just means I don’t like egg nog.  No hate mail please ;-)  My family, on the other hand, loves egg nog.  I mean they LOVE egg nog.  They wait all year for egg nog to return to the supermarket shelves.  I mean they wait all year. They reminisce about it in spring… talk longingly about it in summer…. they anticipate it in autumn… and come holiday time they begin to pretty much stalk the dairy guy in the supermarket. All over their love of egg nog.  Now saying that I don’t like egg nog makes me something of a total odd-ball in our household… and, uh, yeah, I’m uh kinda used to it by now ;-)  This year one of my neighbors told me he makes egg nog at home and it tastes nothing like that preservative-filled, chemical-laden stuff you buy in the grocery store. Hearing this totally intrigued me and of course, I had to ask him for the recipe, intent on adding some home-made lovin’ to a treat my family covets so much.  I had no idea this seemingly simple egg nog recipe would completely change my opinion of egg nog.  This egg nog is not only good… it’s absolutely awesome!  And it came from my neighbor Alan :)

This recipe makes quite a bit of egg nog, but it’s easily halved without issue. It calls for a significant amount of alcohol but you can easily omit it if you’re serving to children or you just prefer it that way.  You can even change the liquors in it – it’s really versatile.  Yes, it does contain raw eggs so if that’s a problem, well, perhaps this is not the recipe for you.  

Alan’s Awesome Egg Nog

Ingredients

• 6 eggs separated
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups cream
• 2 cups milk
• 1 oz. dark rum
• 1 cup whiskey  
• nutmeg

Method 

Using a hand mixer, whip the egg whites, gradually adding half of the sugar, until stiff peaks form. Set aside.  Clean the beaters and in a separate bowl beat egg yolks with the remaining sugar until the yolks are light and glossy. Gently fold the yolks into the whites, add the cream and milk and whisk to combine. Slowly add the rum and whiskey. Stir thoroughly and chill. Dust with nutmeg before serving. 

When I made this I added a very generous amount of vanilla extract – probably close to a tablespoon! And I added freshly grated nutmeg and stirred so the flavor was throughout… and then we added more nutmeg on top of each individual glass.  Yeah, we like nutmeg in our house :)  This recipe serves about 10 people… twice… but that depends on serving size of course.  I made a pitcher for the kids by halving the recipe and omitting all of the alcohol and it made almost four very generous size glasses.

The kids loved it… the Hubs loved it… and me… me who previously hated egg nog, I loved it too!  Give it a try – I bet you’ll think Alan’s egg nog recipe is pretty darn awesome too :)

Have a delicious day!

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