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Creamy Homemade Eggnog
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If all you’ve ever had is the insipid excuse for eggnog that appears on the dairy shelf of your supermarket every Christmas … you’ve been cheated. No matter how much rum you drown that eggnog with, it never comes even close to being in the same neighbourhood as real, homemade eggnog.
With just a blender, an electric mixer, and the right ingredients, you can whip up a devilishly delicious (and dastardly sneaky with all that rum and brandy) Christmas treat – which can be enjoyed at least into February or March 
Ingredients (2 glasses)
2 egg yolks
3 tbsp icing sugar
½ cup whipping cream
½ cup milk (none of that sissy 2% stuff)
2 tbsp dark rum (Myers is our choice)
2 tbsp brandy
2 egg whites
Nutmeg for dusting
1. In blender, blend yolks for 15 seconds.
2. Add 2 tbsp of the icing sugar and blend for ½ minute. With a rubber spatula, scrape down icing sugar that collects on the blender walls.
3. Add whipping cream and blend for ½ minute.
4. Add milk, rum, and brandy. Blend for 10-15 seconds.
5. In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, until you can form soft peaks.
6. Add the remaining 1 tbsp of icing sugar and beat until the whites get slightly glossy and can be formed into stiff peaks.
7. Add the egg white mixture to the mixture in the blender. Blend until combined.
9. Pour into glasses and dust top with nutmeg.
Glühwein With Extra Glow
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After a day of skiing, there’s nothing more inviting than a steaming, spiced glass of glühwein. Actually, any time there’s snow on the ground and a snap of cold in the air, glühwein (German for “glow wine”) is a great way to “warm the cockles of your heart”. And, In The Devil’s Kitchen, we add a little extra glow.
Ingredients (4 glasses)
1 lemon
15 whole cloves
1 750ml (26oz) bottle red wine
½ cup natural cane sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
¼ – ½ cup brandy or Kirsch
1. Slice the lemon into ¼” (5mm) thick rounds. Stud the slices with the cloves.
2. In a large pot, combine the studded lemon slices, red wine, sugar, and cinnamon sticks. With the pot covered, heat the wine slowly and gently over low heat. Heat until just before the wine will simmer and remove from heat immediately. Important: Never, ever let the mixture boil, as that cooks off alcohol in the red wine.
3. Let the pot stand, covered, for at least ½ hour – to infuse the lemon and spices into the wine.
4. Gently reheat before serving. Pour into heat-proof wine glasses and add 1-2 tbsp brandy or Kirsch to each glass – depending upon how much glow you want in your glühwein.
Sweet & Creamy Bailey Shake
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Got a sweet tooth that needs to be satisfied? Feeling a little wicked? Get devilish with Irish cream. Whip up a quick and easy Bailey’s milkshake.
Ingredients (2 glasses)
½ cup milk
½ cup Bailey’s Irish Cream
2 tbsp cold coffee
4-5 scoops vanilla ice cream (1 – 1 ¼ cups)
Chocolate sauce, to taste
1. In a blender, blend the milk, Bailey’s, coffee, and ice cream.
2. Pour into glasses and drizzle chocolate sauce around the inside rim of each glass.
Barbados Rum Punch
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The first time I went to Barbados, I arrived during Crop Over Festival – weeks of party that culminates in the wild fun of Kadooment Day. As I walked from the plane to the tiny airport terminal, I heard the steel drums. Suddenly, I was handed a glass of Barbados Rum Punch. As the lovely liquid passed my lips, I knew that I would like this island – a lot.
Later, with the help of my niece, who batted her lashes at a love-stuck bartender, we obtained the recipe. “One sour, two sweet, three strong, four weak.” I’ve since modified the “weak” (water) to just two, as the ice adds more “weak” as it melts. Of course, on a hot summer day, the ice doesn’t get much of a chance to melt.
You’ll want to use a light golden Caribbean rum for this drink. I prefer simple syrup made from cane sugar for this drink, but a regular white sugar simple syrup works as well. Mix up a glass or mix up a large batch. Then drift off to the beaches of Barbados and the reggae music of Kadooment Day.
Ingredients (1 drink)
1 jigger fresh lime juice
2 jiggers simple syrup
3 jiggers light rum
2 jiggers water
Ice cubes
1. In a glass, mix the lime juice, syrup, rum, and water until blended well. Add ice cubes to fill glass.
Vanilla Peach Milkshake
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Sweet, golden peaches. Creamy and frothy. A touch of vanilla. A hint of cinnamon. Whip this milkshake up on a summer day and sip it in the shade.
Ingredients (4 glasses)
1 15 oz can peach halves (light syrup)
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 tsp vanilla essence
Large dash cinnamon
2 cups milk
1. Remove the peach halves from the can and measure out ¼ cup of the syrup.
2. In a blender, blend the peach halves and the ¼ cup syrup until well pureed and smooth.
3. Add the ice cream, vanilla, and cinnamon, and blend until smooth.
4. Add the milk and blend until incorporated. Pour and serve.
