Recipe: Christmas Eggnog

Recipes title

Christmas Eggnog

Serving Size: 10
Preparation Time :0:45

Ingredients

1 dozen eggs
1 lb sugar superfine—bar sugar
1 qt cream light
1 pint brandy
1 pint rum Meyers—Dark
1 pint brandy (Flavored like Apricot)—or vodka
1/2 gallon ice cream—vanilla
1 qt cream heavy—to make 3 qt
4 oz sugar 10 X—sifted
1/2 fluid ounce vanilla extract
1 cup Gran Marnier

Yield: about a gallon

Preparation

Whip eggs and superfine bar sugar together until sugar is dissolved.
Add liquor (try apricot or other flavored brandy instead of vodka). Whip well.
Add light cream. Whip again.
Break up ice cream small and add 1/2 ice cream and 1/2 whipped cream and stir in well
Float remaining ice cream and whipped cream on top. Grate fresh nutmeg and cinnamon over top lightly
Serve with butter cookies.

Whipped Cream. Chill bowl and beater. Whip 1 qt heavy cream till tracks show. Add 4 oz sifted lox sugar. Add 1/2 oz Virginia Dare Vanilla. Continue beating, add Gran Marnier slowly while beating if you are adding it. Whip to medium soft peaks. Makes the 3 qt's required.

Chocolate Version. Use Double dark chocolate ice cream. Add 6 to 8 oz (about a cup) of Grand Marnier to the whipped cream with the vanilla slowly. Add a pint of Gran Marnier or Sabra Orange Chocolate liqueur instead of the vodka. Garnish with chocolate curls or grated dark chocolate.

Be sure to have a Merry Christmas by NOT driving after drinking