Egg Nog, beta recipe 3.4

dbmata
dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
As stated, this is a beta recipe. I'm still refining it, and this is my third egg nog variant. This is not for children, non-drinkers, or those who have issues with raw eggs.

As this recipe is under development, if you make it, I'd love feed back.

Texture goal: thick, like a light mousse or heavy foam.
Flavor profile: rum, with hints of vanilla, cream, nutmeg, and ginger.
Prep time: Basic, about 25 minutes. Full, about 6 hours.
Implements: 2 steel bowls, 1 4c measure, 1 whip, 1 ladle, 1 large spoon

Ingredients:
6 large eggs, separated
8T vanilla sugar
1c heavy cream (well chilled)
8oz spiced rum (sailor jerry)
2T Vanilla extract
1/2c milk
1/4t Ground ginger
1/8t Allspice
1/4t to 1/2t grated nutmeg (I go heavier)
pinch salt

Separate eggs, whites into a dry bowl, yolks into the 4c measure. Ensure no yolk gets in the whites. Whip whites until just at the soft peak stage. Pour cream into other bowl and whip to hard peaks. Take 4c measure, add sugar, and mix hard until sugar dissolves. Stir in milk, then rum, spices, salt, and vanilla extract.

Pour 1/3rd of the yolk mix into the whites, and stir gently with spoon. Once the whites are thickened a little, work in the rest of the yolks 1/3rd at a time. Fold gently to keep lofted while mixing. Add 1/3rd of the whipped cream into the egg mixture, then fold the egg mix into the cream. Fold until well combined, it should be like a nice mousse. Stick in the freezer for 20 minutes to chill and set. Take out, fold to reincorporate, and serve.

Should serve 6-8 or so.

For full prep, separate eggs, store whites in the fridge, make the yolk mix with the rum, etc. Set in the fridge for 5 hours. Whip whites and cream like above, whip cream to soft peaks, then set cream in fridge to chill. Fold whites and yolks until incorporated. Set in the fridge until ready to serve. When ready to serve, fold egg mix into cream as above, and serve in a chilled punch bowl.

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  • Mygsds
    Mygsds Posts: 1,564 Member
    Do you know the calories in this?? Sounds amazing..
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I've never made egg nog before. How would you even start to come up with a recipe? I mean, I have a pancake recipe that was passed down from my great grandma that I changed just slightly to get better results (simple kitchen chemistry thing), but the ingredient list is pretty small for that and very simple.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Mygsds wrote: »
    Do you know the calories in this?? Sounds amazing..
    No clue, since this is the real cocktail, it's "not without caloric value."
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    I've never made egg nog before. How would you even start to come up with a recipe? I mean, I have a pancake recipe that was passed down from my great grandma that I changed just slightly to get better results (simple kitchen chemistry thing), but the ingredient list is pretty small for that and very simple.
    At the base of the recipe, it's a simple whiskey, brandy, or rum flip. Which is a spirit, cream, eggs, and simple syrup. You toss it in your shaker, some ice, and shake.

    @usmcmp
    From there, I knew I wanted something thick which would require proper addition of copious amounts of air. So from there, it gives you an indication of what technique you'd have to add to the process. In fact, three proccesses. I knew I had to whip the egg whites, but I also knew from previous experiences, that if I whip it to hard/stiff peaks, the whites would be too dry to mix together without a lot of work.

    The cream, I know if whipped hard, you can mix a little harder and it won't deflate too much. Then with the yolks, if you beat the yolk and the sugar together, they'll take on a little air, get light colored and glossy. It toughens up for adding the liquor. That much liquor I was afraid might curdle the yolk though, so that little bit of milk was a buffer.

    This of course being v 3.4, is my 4th recipe version for this 3rd type of egg nog. v1 was a good simple egg nog you can make in a shaker. v2 is a more traditional one with a thick liquid, and a nice creamy cap. This version is to be like a nice homogenized mousse that you could drink.

    Punches are my thing, and this is, in my opinion, the king of punches. Now pancakes? LOL. I'm not allowed to make them, my wife has those on lockdown, which I don't mind because she's excellent at it.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    lol. There's a way you can tell it's a recipe I'm not quite done with yet.

    It's too verbose, and has measurements. ;)

    Once I promote it to being complete, I memorize the ratios and never measure again.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    This is a converter recipe. I've had many a person say, "Well if this is what eggnog always was..." with my recipe 2.

    This is an easy recipe to reduce by 2 or 3, to make small amount and try. You might be surprised.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I'd say worth a shot once.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Update:

    Good with added chocolate bitters, and replacing half the sugar with maple syrup.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    You had me at Sailor Jerry's. Also if you havn't had it yet, try Kraken; my husband likes it even more than Jerry's
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Kraken is good, quite good. Had a mix of that and Goslings with *kitten* and Bull and it was quite good.
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