Recipe For Spanish Eggnog
I know those are probably fighting words with many of you but if you love eggnog and coconut wait until you try coquito.
Recipe for spanish eggnog. It s infinitely better than any traditional american style eggnog i have ever had. Grind the almonds with 2 tablespoons sugar in a food processor mini chopper or clean coffee grinder until finely ground. In the top of a double boiler combine egg yolks and evaporated milk.
The mixture should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. In bowl of blender add evaporated milk cream of coconut coconut milk sweetened condensed milk rum if using vanilla extract and ground cinnamon. Very slowly add the hot milk to the yolk mixture stirring the entire time.
The spruce cara cormack. Pour coconut mixture into glass bottles. Combine with the egg yolks and rest of the sugar stirring to make a thick paste.
Adding the egg yolks too fast might cause them to cook and no one wants scrambled egg bits in their eggnog. Start by adding 1 can of cream of coconut 1 2 can of condensed milk 1 egg yolk 1 tsp of vanilla when the cinnamon water has cooled down add 1 2 shot of the cinnamon water fill 1 empty can of. This rich authentic coquito recipe is commonly made during christmas where it is served cold and meant to be shared with family and friends.
In a large mixer bowl at medium speed beat sugar and eggs for 2 minutes or until thick and creamy. And this particular coquito recipe is extremely creamy and loaded with multiple types of coconut milk cinnamon nutmeg and rum. Blend on high until mixture is well combined 1 2 minutes.
Mix cream of coconut sweetened condensed milk evaporated milk rum coconut or vanilla extract cinnamon cloves and nutmeg in a blender. Spanish and english settlers would have most likely brought their version of the drink to the caribbean and then started adapting it for what ingredients were readily available. There is actually very little history or legend available as to the origins of the puerto rican version of eggnog coquito pronounced koh kee toh.