Eggnog Spike
"Makes 4 cups but is wonderful for holiday gifts by giving a bottle of eggnog spike with a recipe for eggnog attached. This should sit in a dark place for one week before using Recipe source: Bon Appetit (December 1990)"
Original is 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (145.2 g)
- Calories 297.6
- Total Fat - 0.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 42 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 34.9 g
- Protein - 0.6 g
- Calcium - 70.9 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Pour bourbon, rum and brandy into a one-quart bottle. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into the bourbon mixture; add pod to bottle. Using a mortar and pestle or bottom of a small skillet crack the whole nutmeg into 4 or 5 pieces. Add nutmeg pieces, cinnamon sticks and cloves to mixture. Cork bottle tightly. Let stand in cool, dark place for one week. (***This can be prepared 3 months ahead of time).
Tips
No special items needed.