Eggnog

I’ve always associated eggnog with Christmas, mainly because it’s in nearly every American Christmas movie and TV show, but I’ve never tried it. This is probably because it’s got dairy in and I’ve never been offered a dairy-free version so the only way to try it is to make it myself!

Living in London and being forced to stay home this Christmas, away from my family, it seems a great excuse to try a new cocktail and finally make eggnog. Plus, I’ve been lucky enough to be gifted the Craft Gin Club subscription by my wonderful sister for the last few months and this month there was a gin eggnog recipe that had to be tried!

I obviously changed it slightly to make it dairy-free, swapping the double cream and milk for single oat cream and oat milk, changing the ratio slightly to make up for the lack of double cream!

Important utensils
Electric whisk – you can use a hand whisk but it is sooooo much quicker! My Braun MQ745 hand blender set is one of the best things I have bought for cooking in the last few years – I use the mini blender and the whisk a lot, as well as the actual hand blender!

Making the Eggnogg

1. Put the egg white and 8.3g sugar in a bowl
2. Put everything else except the garnish in a bowl
3. Whisk the egg white and sugar until it forms stiff peaks and set aside
4. Whisk together the bowl with everything else in
5. Fold the egg white into the mixture
6. Pour into glasses
7. Grate nutmeg over the top and add the sat anise and cinnamon sticks

If you like your drinks really cold you can put the mixture (without the egg whites) in the fridge and then whisk the egg whites together when ready to serve. We had it at room temperature and it was yummy!