Homemade Eggnog
A delicious recipe for creating eggnog at home for the holidays.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 eggs (300 g)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar (149 g)
- 4 cups whole milk (908 g)
- 1/4 tsp salt (2 g)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract (14 g)
- 1 tsp nutmeg (2 g)
- 1 cup whipping cream (227 g)
Instructions
- 1
In a saucepan, whisk your eggs until blended well together. Add in sugar and whisk. Stream in the milk and whisk until combined. Add salt and mix again.
- 2
Heat this mixture over low heat for approximately 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat when mixture has really thickened, or if you have a thermometer, remove once mixture has reached 170 degrees F for accuracy.
- 3
Pour mixture into a large bowl through a fine mesh strainer. Toss out clumps caught in the strainer. Stir in nutmeg and vanilla extract. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate eggnog for at least 3 hours to chill.
- 4
Before serving, whisk whipping cream on high until soft peaks are formed. Then, use a whisk to stir the cream into the eggnog. Whisk until combined well.