Whip up 'creamy' eggnog recipe at home in just 15-minutes

Eggnog has go a Christmas staple for many, with 1 successful 5 Brits enjoying it connected Christmas Day. Now, you tin rustle it up astatine location with this casual 15-minute recipe

When it comes to festive drinks, a fewer classics outpouring to caput - mulled wine, Baileys blistery cocoa and Christmas rum.

But 1 that's been gaining traction successful caller years is eggnog. In fact, Costa Coffee's probe connected Gen Z preferences reveals that 1 successful 5 bask sipping connected eggnog connected Christmas Day. This creamy premix of eggs, spices, rum, pick and a dash of sweetener is believed to person its roots successful Medieval Britain.

While you tin easy find eggnog successful supermarket aisles, cooking adept David Davidov from The Cooking Foodie has shared his elemental 15-minute recipe. He said: "This homemade eggnog is thick, creamy, rich, delicious and beauteous casual to make! Tastes overmuch amended than store bought."

On TikTok, David started the video with footage of the velvety creaseless drink, cleanable for enjoying portion watching a cosy Christmas film. He past shared his recipe, which you tin find below...

Ingredients

• 480ml milk
• 240ml dense cream
• Six ovum yolks
• 100g sugar
• One spoon vanilla extract
• 60ml Cognac/ Whisky / Bourbon/ Rum (optional)
• ¼ spoon cinnamon
• ¼ spoon nutmeg
• ¼ spoon cloves
• Pinch of salt

Kitchen equipment

• Bowl
• Whisk
• Grater
• Saucepan
• Sieve
• Wooden spoon
• Bottle / container

Method

• To commencement making this festive beverage, simply whisk unneurotic the ovum yolks and sweetener successful a ample vessel until light, heavy and fluffy. Then acceptable this speech for the clip being.
• Next, harvester the milk, cream, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg successful a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Slowly adhd the blistery beverage substance into the eggs, marque definite to whisk perpetually whilst pouring.
• Then, determination the substance into the saucepan and navigator implicit a debased heat, stirring frequently. Continue with this until the substance has started to thicken oregon until it reaches astir 70°C.
• Remove the substance from the heat, and disturbance successful the vanilla extract and liquor. Strain this done a sieve. Next, determination the eggnog into a vessel oregon instrumentality and chill successful the fridge for astir 2 hours.
• Once chilled, service successful a solid with crystal cubes and sprinkle with a airy coating of grated nutmeg and cinnamon. You tin besides find the look connected The Cooking Foodie website here.