{"id":5002,"date":"2021-12-08T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2021-12-08T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:43:21","slug":"aged-eggnog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/recipes\/aged-eggnog\/","title":{"rendered":"Aged Eggnog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eggnog is a traditional Christmas delight, served from bowls or pitchers at parties and dinners during the holiday season, always a delight to enjoy cold, and in some cases warmed. In grocery stores, eggnog starts filling the dairy cases a few weeks before Thanksgiving, seems every year it shows up earlier, might have even seen it for sale just around Halloween this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Aged Eggnog\" class=\"wp-image-5003\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Egg-Nog-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Aged Eggnog in glass milk bottles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But why not make your own eggnog holiday beverage delight? I found Alton Brown&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/altonbrown.com\/recipes\/aged-eggnog\/\">Aged Eggnog Recipe<\/a> several years ago, and have made it many times, I can&#8217;t remember how many, but at least 3 or 4 holiday seasons. The recipe includes 24 ounces (3 cups) of liquor, and while the original recipe calls for 1 cup each of cognac, Jamaican dark rum, and bourbon, I&#8217;ve altered the exact liquor every time depending on what I have on hand. This time around I used 1 cup spiced rum, 1\/2 cup cognac, 1\/2 cup Southern Comfort, 1\/2 cup brandy, and 1\/2 cup dry sherry. The fresh grated nutmeg makes a big difference in the flavor profile, I also used 6 whole eggs which replaced the original recipe calling for 12 egg yolks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s best to make it at least two-weeks before serving to give it time to age, or ferment a bit. I made this batch on Monday (12\/6\/2021) afternoon, or 20-days before Christmas. But Alton says he allows it to mellow for several months, or longer. It&#8217;s also great just after mixing it together, as we did, with the extra that would not fit into the glass bottles, I filled two glasses that we downed fairly quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bon Appetite! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eggnog is a traditional Christmas delight, served from bowls or pitchers at parties and dinners during the holiday season, always a delight to enjoy cold, and in some cases warmed. In grocery stores, eggnog starts filling the dairy cases a few weeks before Thanksgiving, seems every year it shows up earlier, might have even seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2154,176,1871,2155,1503,2049],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}