THREE WAYS WITH EGG NOG!

Egg Nog Ice Cream

Egg Nog Fudge

It was bound to happen…I ran out of puff approximately somewhere between here and Zurich 40,000ft in the air.

I LOVED Zurich (and Lachen and Lucerne); Switzerland is truly the most beautiful place. To come home to reality, heat, the Thermomix recipe community launch, unfinished Asian cookbook business, Christmas stuff undone, (still undone!) and this blog was pretty challenging….but without further ado, and with less than a week till C-Day, here a few ideas from my poor addled recipe-ed out brain…might take a breather after this, so to all a Merry Christmas and see you in 2011, somewhere….somehow…! (Oh and there could have been egg nog cheesecake, but my hips just couldn’t take any more…next year?)

Egg Nog;

NEED:

6 egg whites

pinch Cream of Tartar

120g caster sugar

500g pure cream

generous dash of vanilla essence or vanilla bean paste

4 egg yolks

4-500g ice cold milk

grated nutmeg

dash of Rum, (optional)

DO:

Heat empty Thermomix bowl 2 min/50°C /speed 2.

Insert Butterfly. Place egg whites, and cream of tartar into Thermomix bowl and beat 6 min/50°C/speed 3 with the MC off. Set whites aside in large bowl.

Place sugar into Thermomix bowl and mill for a few seconds. Insert Butterfly again and add cream and vanilla. Whip cream 15-40 sec/speed 4 until stiffened. Add egg yolks and just gently fold through 3 sec/speed 3.

Add to whites.

Add milk and fold everything together until you have an even but light consistency. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and add rum as desired. Serve in beautiful glasses…small ones preferably as this is extremely rich.

NOW; hold that thought.

Egg Nog Ice Cream;

I’m calling this a recipe. But I confess it was truly accidental. I froze some leftovers. YUM…so the recipe is this; take the egg nog, and freeze.

Serve with additional freshly grated nutmeg. You’ll love it.

Egg Nog Fudge;

NEED:

400g white chocolate roughly chopped

1 tin condensed milk

1 egg yolk

generous dash vanilla bean paste

grated nutmeg to taste and additional for garnish

DO:

Line a square deep tin with baking paper that comes up above the rim for easy removal.

Place chocolate, milk and egg yolk into Thermomix bowl and cook 10 min/100°C/speed 3. Scrape down if necessary and reblend for a few seconds.

Add vanilla and nutmeg and blend 1 min/speed 8. Pour into prepared tin and dust with additional nutmeg. Refrigerate until solid.

Cut into large squares, wrap in cellophane and tie with lots of ribbon…

Christmas? Sorted…well almost. (Now where’s that list?)