[Mystriss]

6 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt

You need a double boiler system here. I actually did this in the instapot and while it was delish according to my son, it was a pain to get the glass bowl out of the instapot so I'd just do it on the stove. You can use a pyrex bowl on top of a silicone trivet, a metal chocolate double burner, or whatever you want. *Just don't let glass sit directly on the heat source or it might break.

Once you have the double boiler system set up, add water until it's about halfway up the side of your bowl and get the water to a boil.

While that's heating up add the eggs to a blender and blend until they're well mixed. Add the sugar and blend until that's mixed up. Finally add the rest of the ingredients and blend that until mixed.

Once your water is boiling, add the eggnog to the glass bowl/double boiler and whisk frequently while you wait for the water to get back to boiling.

Once the eggnog hits 150*F, you want to turn the heat to low. Whisk frequently until the eggnog hits 160*F then pull it out and get it into a serving pitcher/glass/whatever.

Chill overnight.

* My son, who loves eggnog, said it was really awesome, but way richer than the stuff I buy in the store. He had to take it easy - normally he can drink a gallon of eggnog in a day, this stuff took him three days to finish heh

 

[Startingover]

I’m going to keep this until next xmas. I love eggnog. Where did you get the recipe?

 

[de-nagorg]

That's great.

It can be frozen, and used later.

I used to freeze gallons of it, from Holidays time, and thaw it in July, for my birthday. :vs_OMG:

ED

 

[Old Thomas]

Nature’s perfect food.

 

[Mystriss]

I can't remember where I found the recipe. My brain picture is kinda nonsense: foodieeats.com maybe??


I tend to go on binges and raid the internet for tons of recipes that I might want to try "someday" then I write them down (with various changes & substitutions) and maybe eventually get around to making them - sometimes years later heh

 

[mark sr]

We also like eggnog and lament the fact that it can only be bought around Thanksgiving - Christmas. My mother used to make eggnog on the stove top when I was a kid although I have no idea as to how she made it.


I've looked up several eggnog recipes on the internet but I've not been able to convince my wife to try making some. She claims she's afraid she wouldn't do it right but I think maybe she thinks it's too much trouble.

 

[de-nagorg]

We also like eggnog and lament the fact that it can only be bought around Thanksgiving - Christmas. My mother used to make eggnog on the stove top when I was a kid although I have no idea as to how she made it.


I've looked up several eggnog recipes on the internet but I've not been able to convince my wife to try making some. She claims she's afraid she wouldn't do it right but I think maybe she thinks it's too much trouble.

I point your attention to post #3 above, He has frozen it for decades , and enjoyed it on hot summer days often.

To thaw it you just move it from your freezer to your refrigerator for 2 days, and shake it a bit before opening it, then enjoy . :biggrin2:

It sure is a treat to celebrate the fourth with.


ED

 

[mark sr]

I've heard the same thing about milk but the one time we froze a gallon of milk and thawed it out later - it didn't taste good to me. I'd hate to freeze eggnog and then find out it altered the taste.

 

[de-nagorg]

As we age , things do not taste the same as it did when we were young.

I've often wondered if I was imagining it, or the makers were cheating on the ingredients of favorite items.

Putting in more artificial things, and omitting the natural, more expensive good stuff.


ED